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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Detroit, MI

August 24, 2021Livingston County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT for Livingston County, Michigan. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports 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
Aug 24, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2021, 8:20 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Livingston County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 24, 7:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG6 Ne Fowlerville, MITREES DOWN OVER ROADWAY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STEINACKER AND SCHREPFER ROADS.
Aug 24, 8:04 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWsw Brighton, MILARGE TREE LIMB BLOWN DOWN ONTO THE ROAD AT THE CORNER OF SPENCER RD AND E MAIN ST IN BRIGHTON. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.

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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 298 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -57 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
298 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1140 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

597 
WUUS53 KDTX 242345
SVRDTX
MIC093-250045-
/O.NEW.KDTX.SV.W.0085.210824T2345Z-210825T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
745 PM EDT Tue Aug 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Detroit/Pontiac has issued a

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

* Until 845 PM EDT.

* At 745 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Byron to Oak Grove to 7 miles southeast of
  Williamston, moving southeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Howell and Oak Grove around 750 PM EDT.
  Hartland and Gregory around 805 PM EDT.
  Brighton around 810 PM EDT.
  Pinckney around 815 PM EDT.
  Hamburg around 825 PM EDT.
  Whitmore Lake around 830 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Parkers Corners, Lakeland, Plainfield, Island Lake State Recreation
Area, Chilson, Unadilla, Conway Township, Hell, Tyrone Township and
Deerfield Township.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4278 8369 4243 8367 4243 8412 4245 8414
      4256 8414 4277 8416
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 307DEG 28KT 4280 8392 4272 8394 4260 8420 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Mann
2 follow-up statements
334 
WWUS53 KDTX 250006
SVSDTX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
806 PM EDT Tue Aug 24 2021

MIC093-250045-
/O.CON.KDTX.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-210825T0045Z/
Livingston MI-
806 PM EDT Tue Aug 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR LIVINGSTON COUNTY...

At 806 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Fenton to near Hartland to near Howell, moving
east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

These severe storms will be near...
  Hartland around 810 PM EDT.
  Brighton around 820 PM EDT.
  Hamburg around 825 PM EDT.
  Whitmore Lake around 835 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Island
Lake State Recreation Area, Chilson, Lakeland, Conway Township,
Tyrone Township and Deerfield Township.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4278 8369 4243 8367 4243 8391 4265 8410
      4277 8416
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 290DEG 25KT 4277 8374 4269 8376 4258 8391 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Mann
982 
WWUS53 KDTX 250020
SVSDTX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
820 PM EDT Tue Aug 24 2021

MIC093-250030-
/O.CAN.KDTX.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-210825T0045Z/
Livingston MI-
820 PM EDT Tue Aug 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LIVINGSTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 4278 8369 4243 8367 4243 8391 4265 8410
      4277 8416
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 307DEG 28KT 4271 8362 4263 8364 4252 8379 

$$

Mann

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXBay, Midland, Saginaw89 min
Aug 24, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMidland53 min
Aug 24, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXBay, Saginaw52 min
Aug 24, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX93 min
Aug 24, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXBay28 min
Aug 24, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaginaw53 min
Aug 24, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXShiawassee67 min
Aug 24, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXShiawassee62 min
Aug 24, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee45 min
Aug 24, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXHuron, Sanilac53 min

Nearby

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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.