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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Detroit, MI

May 30, 2018Shiawassee County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2018, 8:12 PM EDT for Shiawassee County, Michigan. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2018, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2018, 8:49 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Shiawassee County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 30, 8:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Nnw Durand, MIDELAYED REPORT OF MULTIPLE DOWNED TREES THROUGHOUT SHIAWASSEE COUNTY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 2018-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 580 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 2018-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
580 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1180 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

766 
WUUS53 KDTX 310012
SVRDTX
MIC155-310100-
/O.NEW.KDTX.SV.W.0021.180531T0012Z-180531T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
812 PM EDT WED MAY 30 2018

The National Weather Service in Detroit/Pontiac has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Shiawassee County in southeastern Michigan...

* Until 900 PM EDT.

* At 812 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Morrice, or 7
  miles southeast of Perry, moving north at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near, 
  Perry, Morrice and Bancroft around 820 PM EDT.
  Owosso and Corunna around 840 PM EDT.
  Henderson around 850 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Juddville, Bennington, Shaftsburg, Carland and Vernon.

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 4313 8396 4278 8393 4277 8413 4278 8432
      4313 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 167DEG 30KT 4278 8410 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Mann
3 follow-up statements
410 
WWUS53 KDTX 310026
SVSDTX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
826 PM EDT WED MAY 30 2018

MIC155-310100-
/O.CON.KDTX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-180531T0100Z/
Shiawassee MI-
826 PM EDT WED MAY 30 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR SHIAWASSEE COUNTY...

At 826 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Morrice, or
near Perry, moving north at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe storm will be near...
  Corunna around 835 PM EDT.
  Owosso around 840 PM EDT.
  Henderson around 850 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Juddville, Bennington, Shaftsburg, Carland and Vernon.

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 4313 8396 4278 8393 4277 8413 4278 8432
      4313 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 165DEG 30KT 4290 8417 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Mann
662 
WWUS53 KDTX 310040
SVSDTX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
840 PM EDT WED MAY 30 2018

MIC155-310100-
/O.CON.KDTX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-180531T0100Z/
Shiawassee MI-
840 PM EDT WED MAY 30 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN SHIAWASSEE COUNTY...

At 839 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Owosso, moving
north at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe storm will be near...
  Henderson around 845 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Bennington and Carland.

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 4313 8410 4292 8412 4291 8433 4313 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 168DEG 30KT 4302 8423 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Mann
294 
WWUS53 KDTX 310049
SVSDTX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
849 PM EDT WED MAY 30 2018

MIC155-310058-
/O.CAN.KDTX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-180531T0100Z/
Shiawassee MI-
849 PM EDT WED MAY 30 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SHIAWASSEE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4313 8410 4292 8412 4291 8433 4313 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 167DEG 30KT 4310 8426 

$$

Mann

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 8:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXGenesee66 min
May 30, 8:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXSaginaw64 min
May 30, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXLapeer62 min
May 30, 9:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXWayne25 min
May 30, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXMidland59 min
May 30, 9:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXLapeer, Tuscola55 min
May 30, 11:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXLenawee, Livingston, Washtenaw64 min
May 31, 4:30 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX60 min
May 31, 3:32 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryDTX48 hr
May 31, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXLenawee, Washtenaw54 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.