Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2021, 2:02 PM EDT for Washtenaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 58 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
- Jun 29, 2021, 2:02 PM EDT (18:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Washtenaw County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:03 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2:11 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ssw Whitmore Lake, MI | POWER LINES WERE REPORTED BLOWN DOWN. |
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 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 681 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted.
958
WUUS53 KDTX 291802
SVRDTX
MIC161-291900-
/O.NEW.KDTX.SV.W.0023.210629T1802Z-210629T1900Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
202 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021
The National Weather Service in Detroit/Pontiac has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Washtenaw County in southeastern Michigan...
* Until 300 PM EDT.
* At 201 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dexter,
moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Dexter around 210 PM EDT.
Ann Arbor and Saline around 220 PM EDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Dixboro, Ypsilanti, Salem and Canton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring
with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of
nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are
close enough to be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4243 8399 4242 8388 4244 8356 4243 8355
4229 8354 4213 8354 4210 8407 4237 8412
TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 260DEG 17KT 4226 8392
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
AA3 follow-up statements
825
WWUS53 KDTX 291820
SVSDTX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
220 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021
MIC161-291900-
/O.CON.KDTX.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210629T1900Z/
Washtenaw MI-
220 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL WASHTENAW COUNTY...
At 218 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ypsilanti,
moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Willis, Canton and Ann Arbor.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4241 8355 4229 8354 4213 8354 4210 8399
4236 8395
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 264DEG 28KT 4222 8367
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
AA637
WWUS53 KDTX 291840
SVSDTX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
240 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021
MIC161-291900-
/O.CON.KDTX.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210629T1900Z/
Washtenaw MI-
240 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN WASHTENAW COUNTY...
At 239 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Belleville, or
near Ypsilanti, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Saline, Canton, Salem, Dixboro, Willis, Barton
Hills, Pittsfield Township, Whittaker and Delhi Mills.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4241 8355 4229 8354 4213 8354 4211 8388
4238 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 260DEG 17KT 4224 8354
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
AA734
WWUS53 KDTX 291853
SVSDTX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
253 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021
MIC161-291902-
/O.EXP.KDTX.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210629T1900Z/
Washtenaw MI-
253 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WASHTENAW COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 300 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 4241 8355 4229 8354 4213 8354 4211 8388
4238 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 260DEG 17KT 4225 8346
$$
AAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Washtenaw | 50 min |
| Jun 28, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Wayne | 60 min |
| Jun 28, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Washtenaw | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Macomb, Saint Clair | 66 min |
| Jun 29, 4:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Livingston, Oakland | 66 min |
| Jun 29, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Livingston, Shiawassee, Washtenaw | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee, Livingston, Oakland, Shiawassee | 54 min |
| Jun 29, 1:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Livingston, Washtenaw | 97 min |
| Jun 29, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee, Lapeer, Oakland | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Saint Clair, Wayne | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 70 min | |
| Jun 29, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 56 min | |
| Jun 29, 3:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DTX | Macomb, Oakland, Wayne | 90 min |
| Jun 29, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Macomb, Wayne | 23 min |
| Jun 29, 3:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DTX | Saint Clair | 73 min |
| Jun 29, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 77 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.