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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Detroit, MI

June 30, 2017Tuscola County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2017, 8:30 PM EDT for Tuscola County, Michigan. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 2017, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2017, 9:07 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Tuscola County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 87 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2017-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 443 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2017-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
443 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

993 
WUUS53 KDTX 010030
SVRDTX
MIC157-010130-
/O.NEW.KDTX.SV.W.0021.170701T0030Z-170701T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
830 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2017

The National Weather Service in Detroit/Pontiac has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Tuscola County in southeastern Michigan...

* Until 930 PM EDT

* At 830 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Vassar,
  moving northeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* This severe thunderstorm will be near, 
  Fairgrove around 855 PM EDT. 
  Akron around 910 PM EDT. 
  Caro around 915 PM EDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Akron,
Vassar, Caro, Reese, Fairgrove, Tuscola, Colling, Gilford,
Watrousville and Richville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4367 8341 4334 8338 4329 8369 4352 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 224DEG 15KT 4342 8362 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SC
2 follow-up statements
275 
WWUS53 KDTX 010043
SVSDTX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
843 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2017

MIC157-010130-
/O.CON.KDTX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-170701T0130Z/
Tuscola MI-
843 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN TUSCOLA COUNTY...

At 843 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fairgrove, or
near Akron, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

This severe storm will be near...
  Akron around 900 PM EDT. 
  Caro around 905 PM EDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Akron,
Caro, Fairgrove, Colling, Gilford, Watrousville and Vassar.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4367 8341 4342 8339 4337 8359 4354 8365
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 227DEG 17KT 4347 8354 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SC
235 
WWUS53 KDTX 010107
SVSDTX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
907 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2017

MIC157-010116-
/O.CAN.KDTX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-170701T0130Z/
Tuscola MI-
907 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TUSCOLA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4367 8341 4342 8339 4337 8359 4354 8365
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 224DEG 15KT 4354 8344 

$$

SC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 8:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXTuscola40 min
Jun 30, 11:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX88 min
Jul 1, 12:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXLivingston49 min
Jul 1, 12:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX61 min
Jul 1, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXOakland37 min
Jul 1, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX56 min
Jul 1, 2:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXMacomb48 min
Jul 1, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX31 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.