Michigan, 2001

Tornado and Hail in Michigan, June 10, 2001

June 10, 2001 · NWS DTX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A couple of rounds of showers and thunderstorms occurred, thanks to a warm front invading the area, and an upper level disturbance moving in during the evening. One storm in the first round produced marginally severe hail.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
Crop damage
$5,000
Events
2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS DTX wrote it up.

A couple of rounds of showers and thunderstorms occurred, thanks to a warm front invading the area, and an upper level disturbance moving in during the evening. One storm in the first round produced marginally severe hail. An otherwise weak thunderstorm in the second round managed to produce a tornado.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 10, 3:15 PM EST, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 3:15 PM EST, 27 minutes before
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
415 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2001

CURRENT LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH WARM FRONT
WILL BE MOVING EAST OF THE AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. STRONG VORT
MAX MOVING ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN WAS PROGGED TO SETOFF DECENT STORM
ACTIVITY THIS EVENING...HOWEVER...ACTIVITY OVER LAKE MICHIGAN AND
WISCONSIN PRETTY LAME SO FAR.  ATMOSPHERE WORKOVER A LITTLE ALREADY
WITH THE RECENT STUFF THAT MOVED THROUGH.  FEELING IS WILL SEE
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DEVELOP THIS EVENING SOUTHEAST
CORNER WITH A BIT MORE WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE SAGINAW VALLEY AND THUMB CLOSER TO THE MAX. VORT MAX
MOVES EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CLOUDS WILL DECREASE.

RIDGING AND SUBSIDENCE MONDAY WILL PROVIDE A DECENT AMOUNT OF
SUNSHINE. ETA SHOWS CAPES NEAR 2000 JOULES...BUT ALSO A BIT MORE
AGGRESSIVE WITH DEWPOINTS.  FEEL NGM/AVN A BIT MORE INLINE.  SURFACE
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE FAIRLY WEEK MONDAY AND LIKE THE MESOETA
DEPICTION OF LAKE BREEZE DEVELOPING.  THIS CREATES SURFACE
CONVERGENCE AREA IN THE AFTERNOON CENTERED FROM ABOUT SAGINAW
SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE DETROIT AREA WHICH COULD FIRE UP  A
THUNDERSTORM OR TWO.

ANOTHER SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS WISCONSIN MONDAY NIGHT
WITH A WARM FRONT LIFTING ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.  SIMILAR
TO SYSTEM TODAY.  WILL GIVE A CHANCE POP MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN ACROSS CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN
TUESDAY WITH VERY HUMID AIRMASS TO THE SOUTH.  WILL BE A CHANCE FOR
AFTERNOON STORMS EVERYWHERE WITH HIGH INSTABILITY...BUT BEST TRIGGER
WILL BE SURFACE FRONT.  FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH MONDAY NIGHT AS UPPER
RIDGING BUILDS IN...ALLOWING FOR EVEN MORE REAL SUMMERTIME AIR ON
WEDNESDAY.   SAME TYPE PATTER HOLDS THE REST OF THE EXTENDED WITH
MAIN JET RIDING THE NORTHERN BORDER AND DIPPING NOW AND THEN.  HARD
TO TIME EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES WITH THIS PATTERN...BUT TEMPERATURES
CONTINUE SUMMERLIKE.

.DTX...NONE.

DRC

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 10:07 AM EST, 5 hours 35 minutes before
MIZ075-076-082-083-111200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1107 AM EDT SAT JUN 10 2001

...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...

DISPATCHERS...PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGERS IMMEDIATELY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ACROSS SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH
SEVERE CRITERIA AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY.

A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH LOW LEVEL
INSTABILITY TO PRODUCE SOME THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS LIES IN THE TIME PERIOD FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH... HAIL TO ONE INCH... AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO THE EAST AROUND 40 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION...FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  YOUR NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE CAN ALSO BE REACHED ON THE INTERNET AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DTX/START.HTM  (ALL SMALL CASE)

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The radar

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Sanilac

When
June 10, 3:42 PM EST
Where
Sanilac County, Croswell
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
43.267, -82.617

Tornado, Saginaw

When
June 10, 8:05 PM EST to 8:10 PM EST
Where
Saginaw County, 2 mi E of Fergus
Rating
F0
Path length
2.9 mi
Path width
150 yd
Property damage
$5,000
Crop damage
$5,000
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
43.250, -84.100

A weak tornado developed from a strong rain shower in Saginaw County. The tornado moved due east, damaging trees and crops along its path.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5253097, 5253098.