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Special Weather Statement, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this special weather statement at Oct 6, 2018, 3:08 AM EDT for Macomb County, Oakland County, Wayne County, Michigan. It was in force for 67 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
- Oct 6, 2018, 3:08 AM EDT (07:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2018, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
Counties Macomb County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Wayne County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 421 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
445
WWUS83 KDTX 060708
SPSDTX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
308 AM EDT SAT OCT 6 2018
MIZ068>070-075-076-083-060815-
Livingston MI-Macomb MI-Monroe MI-Oakland MI-Washtenaw MI-Wayne MI-
308 AM EDT SAT OCT 6 2018
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
At 307 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated a cluster of strong
thunderstorms over Ypsilanti, moving northeast at 40 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with these storms.
These strong thunderstorms will be near...
Belleville around 315 AM EDT.
Romulus and Canton around 330 AM EDT.
Taylor around 335 AM EDT.
Livonia and Greenfield Village around 340 AM EDT.
Dearborn around 345 AM EDT.
Southfield, Downtown Detroit and Detroit around 350 AM EDT.
Royal Oak and Detroit Zoo around 355 AM EDT.
Warren around 400 AM EDT.
Other locations impacted by these storms include Franklin, Keego
Harbor, Melvindale, Gibraltar, Waterford, Shelby Township, Commerce,
Utica, Auburn Hills and Lake Angelus.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may
lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through
flooded roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 4252 8272 4254 8276 4253 8282 4244 8283
4236 8289 4232 8306 4230 8309 4224 8313
4213 8312 4194 8332 4241 8395 4281 8325
4258 8266
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 237DEG 34KT 4221 8360
$$
IRLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Lenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw | 56 min |
| Oct 6, 9:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Lapeer, Livingston, Oakland | 66 min |
| Oct 6, 10:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Lenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw | 58 min |
| Oct 6, 11:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Monroe, Wayne | 61 min |
| Oct 6, 3:39 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | DTX | 24 hr | |
| Oct 6, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Lenawee | 60 min |
| Oct 6, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee, Monroe | 56 min |
| Oct 6, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Monroe, Wayne | 27 min |
| Oct 6, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 30 min | |
| Oct 6, 7:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DTX | Lenawee | 3 hr |
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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.