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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Detroit, MI

May 4, 20269 counties in Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this red flag warning at May 4, 2026, 2:45 PM EDT for 9 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 4, 2026, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Detroit, MI

Counties Bay County, MI, Genesee County, MI, Huron County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Midland County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Tuscola County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at May 4, 12:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 12:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 3:36 AM EDT, 11 hours 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 4, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Lenawee	62 min
May 4, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Washtenaw	55 min
May 4, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Monroe	29 min
May 4, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Wayne	43 min
May 4, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		93 min
May 4, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Oakland	33 min
May 4, 7:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Macomb	38 min
May 4, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Macomb, Wayne	26 min
May 4, 7:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Saint Clair	45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.