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Special Weather Statement, NWS Detroit, MI

July 6, 2025Oakland County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2025, 4:16 PM EDT for Oakland County, Michigan. It was in force for 44 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
Jul 6, 2025, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2025, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Oakland County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 2025-07-06Temperature 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 2025-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1356 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 6, 3:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 3:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 3:21 AM EDT, 12 hours 55 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
321 AM EDT Sun Jul 6 2025

MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-070730-
Midland-Bay-Huron-Saginaw-Tuscola-Sanilac-Shiawassee-Genesee-Lapeer-
St. Clair-Livingston-Oakland-Macomb-Washtenaw-Wayne-Lenawee-Monroe-
321 AM EDT Sun Jul 6 2025

This hazardous weather outlook is for southeast Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms are likely this afternoon and evening.
There is a Marginal Risk for severe weather between 2pm and 8pm
across all of Southeast Michigan. The most likely threats will be
damaging wind gusts to 60 mph and flooding due to torrential rainfall
rates.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

There is a chance of thunderstorms Wednesday and Thursday, mainly during
the afternoon and evening hours.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening.

LCZ460-LEZ444-LHZ361>363-421-422-441>443-462>464-070730-
Lake St Clair-
Michigan Waters of Lake Erie from Detroit River to North Cape MI-
Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt
beyond 5 NM off shore-
Lake Huron from Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Point MI beyond 5NM
off shore-
Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI beyond 5NM off shore-
Outer Saginaw Bay SW of Alabaster to Port Austin MI to Inner Saginaw
Bay-Inner Saginaw Bay SW of Point Au Gres to Bay Port MI-
Port Austin to Harbor Beach MI-Harbor Beach to Port Sanilac MI-
Port Sanilac to Port Huron MI-
Lake Huron from Port Austin to Harbor Beach beyond 5NM Off Shore-
Lake Huron from Harbor Beach to Port Sanilac beyond 5NM Off Shore-
Lake Huron from Port Sanilac to Port Huron beyond 5NM Off Shore-
321 AM EDT Sun Jul 6 2025

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Lake Erie, Lake
Huron and Lake St Clair.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms are likely this afternoon and evening.
There is a Marginal Risk for severe weather between 2pm and 8pm
across all of Southeast Michigan. The most likely threats will be
damaging wind gusts to 60 mph and flooding due to torrential rainfall
rates.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

There is a chance of thunderstorms Wednesday and Thursday, mainly during
the afternoon and evening hours.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening.

You can obtain your latest National Weather Service forecasts online
at www.weather.gov/detroit.

MR

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:30 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:16 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXShiawassee59 min
Jul 6, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXMidland60 min
Jul 6, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXTuscola43 min
Jul 6, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXLivingston23 min
Jul 6, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXBay26 min
Jul 6, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXSaginaw45 min
Jul 6, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXBay, Midland38 min
Jul 6, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXTuscola39 min
Jul 6, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXGenesee, Lapeer47 min
Jul 6, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXWashtenaw43 min
Jul 6, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXHuron41 min
Jul 6, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXLivingston31 min
Jul 6, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXLapeer45 min
Jul 6, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXOakland39 min
Jul 6, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXWayne31 min
Jul 6, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXLenawee45 min
Jul 6, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXMacomb, Saint Clair66 min
Jul 6, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXOakland62 min
Jul 6, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXWayne25 min
Jul 6, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXMonroe38 min
Jul 6, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXTuscola50 min
Jul 6, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX62 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.