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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Detroit, MI

March 10, 2026Saginaw County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2026, 10:08 PM EDT for Saginaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 82 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
Mar 10, 2026, 10:08 PM EDT (02:08 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2026, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
82 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Saginaw County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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
Mar 10, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 00:00Z on 2026-03-11Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2026-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 368 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
368 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
442 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 10:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXShiawassee34 min
Mar 10, 10:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXTuscola68 min
Mar 10, 11:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXSaginaw43 min
Mar 10, 11:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXOakland26 min
Mar 10, 11:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDTXSaginaw, Tuscola4 hr
Mar 10, 11:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXHuron50 min
Mar 11, 12:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXTuscola57 min
Mar 11, 12:49 AM EDTFlood WatchDTXLenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Saint Clair and 2 more13 hr
Mar 11, 12:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXSanilac41 min
Mar 11, 1:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXLenawee, Washtenaw44 min
Mar 11, 1:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXLivingston33 min
Mar 11, 2:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXMonroe, Wayne55 min
Mar 11, 2:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXLenawee57 min
Mar 11, 3:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXMonroe45 min
Mar 11, 4:11 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryDTX36 hr
Mar 11, 9:04 AM EDTGale WatchDTX19 hr
Mar 11, 9:04 AM EDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryDTX7 hr
Mar 11, 9:56 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningDTXSaginaw54 hr

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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.