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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Detroit, MI

July 24, 2025Washtenaw County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2025, 7:55 PM EDT for Washtenaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 37 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
Jul 24, 2025, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2025, 8:32 PM EDT
In force
37 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), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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
Jul 24, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 334 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2025-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1673 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2025-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
1673 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX94 min
Jul 24, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXBay, Midland, Saginaw64 min
Jul 24, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXHuron81 min
Jul 24, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX58 min
Jul 24, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXTuscola57 min
Jul 24, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX26 min
Jul 24, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSanilac32 min
Jul 24, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXSaginaw22 min
Jul 24, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXShiawassee39 min
Jul 24, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXSanilac13 min
Jul 24, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXSanilac53 min
Jul 24, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXGenesee44 min
Jul 24, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee, Saginaw, Tuscola54 min
Jul 24, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXLapeer38 min
Jul 24, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXLapeer49 min
Jul 24, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLapeer24 min
Jul 24, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXLivingston82 min
Jul 24, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXSanilac46 min
Jul 24, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXGenesee, Shiawassee80 min
Jul 24, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXOakland62 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.