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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this high wind watch at Jan 10, 2017, 3:44 AM EST for 17 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jan 10, 2017, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2017, 3:44 AM EST (08:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 10, 2017, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2017, 2:11 PM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
Counties Bay County, MI, Genesee County, MI, Huron County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Midland County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Tuscola County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 25 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Detroit, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Jan 9, 11:49 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 11:49 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 334 PM EST MON JAN 9 2017 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-102045- MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER- ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- 334 PM EST MON JAN 9 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST URGENT WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST URGENT WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE DETAILS. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ON TUESDAY EVENING. COLD AIR RUSHING IN BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CAUSE WINDS TO GUST UP TO 45 MPH BETWEEN 5 PM AND 1 AM. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR STRONG WINDS WILL BE AROUND 10 PM. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN, SLEET, AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. LIGHT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR ICING WILL BE THE SAGINAW VALLEY. OTHER LOCATIONS, INCLUDING METRO DETROIT, MAY REMAIN ALL RAIN THROUGHOUT THIS TIME. REFER TO YOUR LOCAL FORECAST FOR THE MOST UP-TO-DATE FORECAST REVISIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER, SPOTTER REPORTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. LCZ460-LEZ444-LHZ361>363-421-422-441>443-462>464-102045- LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- LAKE HURON FROM 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LT BEYOND 5 NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON POINT MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY-INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- 334 PM EST MON JAN 9 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE HURON AND LAKE ST CLAIR. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT GALE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT. SEE THE FORECAST FOR DETAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY GALE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT. SEE THE FORECAST FOR DETAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER, SPOTTER REPORTS OF SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS ONLINE AT WWW,WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 9, 10:43 PM EST, 5 hours 1 minute before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 9:59 AM EST | Storm Warning | DTX | 21 hr | |
| Jan 10, 2:11 PM EST | High Wind Warning | DTX | Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 11 more | 13 hr |
| Jan 10, 5:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Bay, Genesee, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb and 8 more | 70 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.