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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Detroit, MI

August 3, 2022Saginaw County, Shiawassee County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2022, 3:32 PM EDT for Saginaw County, Shiawassee County, Michigan. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2022, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2022, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Saginaw County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 3, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 2022-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2022-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Detroit, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 3, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:56 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 3:01 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryDTXLenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Washtenaw and 1 more15 hr
Aug 3, 3:29 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryDTX19 hr
Aug 3, 7:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXHuron67 min
Aug 3, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXBay, Midland62 min
Aug 3, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXHuron64 min
Aug 3, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaginaw56 min
Aug 3, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSanilac45 min
Aug 3, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee61 min
Aug 3, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX2 hr
Aug 3, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLapeer57 min
Aug 3, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee, Lapeer, Livingston, Oakland, Shiawassee52 min
Aug 3, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLapeer, Saint Clair, Sanilac42 min
Aug 3, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX55 min
Aug 3, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMacomb, Saint Clair66 min
Aug 3, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWashtenaw57 min
Aug 3, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLivingston, Washtenaw53 min
Aug 3, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX2 hr
Aug 3, 6:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDTXLivingston2 hr
Aug 3, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMacomb, Oakland66 min
Aug 3, 6:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDTXOakland2 hr
Aug 3, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWashtenaw, Wayne66 min
Aug 3, 6:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDTXMacomb113 min
Aug 3, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXLenawee58 min
Aug 3, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXMonroe55 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.