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Snow Squall Warning 2, NWS Detroit, MI

January 19, 2026Washtenaw County, Wayne County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this snow squall warning at Jan 19, 2026, 11:10 AM EST for Washtenaw County, Wayne County, Michigan. It was in force for 22 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
Jan 19, 2026, 11:10 AM EST (16:10 UTC)
Expired
Jan 19, 2026, 11:32 AM EST
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2026-01-19Temperature 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 2026-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 10:53 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningDTXLivingston, Oakland36 min
Jan 19, 11:31 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementDTXWayne29 min

Nearby

Snow Squall Warnings in Michigan, 2026Every snow squall warning in 2026

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.