1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Detroit, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 28, 10:20 AM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1120 AM EDT TUE AUG 28 2001 WITH AIR LAKE DELTA T/S RUNNING AROUND 11 TO 12C SOME LAKE EFFECT CLOUDS NOTED OFF THE TIP OF THE THUMB THIS MORNING WHERE FLOW IS WEAKLY CYCLONIC. DRIER AIR FILTERING INTO THE REGION ALONG WITH FLOW TRANSITIONING TO ANTICYCLONIC THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIMIT CLOUD PRODUCTION NOT ONLY ACROSS THE THUMB...BUT THE ENTIRE CWA. ANTICIPATE THAT DRIER AIR WILL ALSO SERVE TO MIX OUT STRATUS DECK ACROSS FAR SOUTH CWA AS WELL. GENERALLY...12Z MODEL DATA SUPPORTS AREAS OF SCT CU THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO TEMPER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. TEMPERATURES AT 11 AM GENERALLY RUNNING ABOUT 2 TO 3 DEGREES ABOVE GUIDANCE. WEAK 850MB CAA WILL BE ONGOING TODAY. MORNING DTX SOUNDING POINTS TOWARD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S AFTER ALLOWING FOR SOME WEAK CAA. WITH THIS IN MIND WILL EXPAND AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURE RANGE TO THE UP SIDE ALL ZONES...EXCEPT BAX. .DTX...NONE. OKEEFE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large trees and tree limbs were blown down. A flag pole was bent over and a pop-up camper parked in a driveway was blown over and destroyed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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