Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake St. Clair, August 1, 2003

SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
225 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003

...CONTINUED TSRA CHCS WITH MEANDERING UPPER LOW REMAIN CHALLENGE...

IN THE SHORT TERM...DECENT LINE OF STORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO THE
CWA. THESE STORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FIRST MAJOR SPOKE TO COME AROUND
UPPER LOW THIS FAR EAST. STORM ORGANIZATION HAS ALSO BEEN ASSISTED
BY STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION & SIGNIFICANT
DESTABILIZATION UNDER SUNNY SKIES...AIDED BY FACT THAT UPPER FLOW IS
TAKING ANVIL BLOWOFF TO THE NORTH/NORTHWEST. AFTERNOON TRENDS WITH
THIS CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WILL...IN LARGE PART...DEFINE FORECAST FOR
TONIGHT. UPSTREAM WAVE MOVING W/E ALONG BASE OF UPPER LOW IS ALREADY
FIRING A SMALL CLUSTER OF STORMS IN EXTREME NRN IL. THESE SHOULD
MOVE STRAIGHT INTO FAR LOWER MICHIGAN...AND GRADUALLY PULL NE IN SW
FLOW ON FRONT SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW. (UNLESS THIS CURRENT TSRA LINE
FIRES SOUTH INTO IN & CENTRAL IL...FOCUSING ACTIVITY FURTHER SOUTH).
WL WATCH TRENDS THIS AFTN...BUT INITIAL FEELING IT THAT LIKELY POPS
CURRENT IN FCST STILL LOOK GOOD...AS ACTIVITY IN NRN IL WILL MOST
LIKELY SPREAD INTO CWA THIS EVENING...AND PERHAPS EXTEND INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.

SLIGHT CHANGES IN WEEKEND FORECAST AS PROGS ARE SLOWER BRINGING THE
UPPER LOW EAST INTO CWA. ETA/GFS BOTH HAVE LOW STILL OVER WI SUNDAY
EVENING...W/ GFS SLOWLY MOVING IT NE FROM THERE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.
RELATIVELY DEEP MOISTURE SHOULD REMAIN IN AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND
BASED ON THIS TREND...AND WILL UP POPS SOME IN ANTICIPATION OF MORE
ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES AS WAVES ROTATE UP THRU AREA IN SW
FLOW. WILL ALSO UP TEMPS JUST A BIT...AS WE WILL REMAIN IN THE WARM
SECTOR LONGER. THIS...UNFORNATELY...COULD BE MUDDIED BY CLOUD COVER
PRECIP...SO WON/T GO MORE THAN A DEGREE OR TWO HIGHER ATT. INTO
NEXT WEEK...UPPER/SFC LOW FINALLY LIFT JUST NORTHEAST OF AREA...BUT
NOT FAR. SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN FAIRLY WIDESPREAD MON INTO
TUE...ALTHO IT WILL TEND TO BE MORE DIURNALLY DEPENDANT AS DEEPER
MOISTURE WILL BE PUSHED OFF TO THE EAST BY THEN. BY MID/LATE WEEK...
PRECIP SHOULD BECOME MORE AND MORE HIT AND MISS AS CWA GETS ON THE
BACKSIDE OF UPPER LOW...AND UPPER LOW ITSELF WEAKENS. PROGS ACTUALLY
OPENING UP LOW INTO A BROAD TROF A BIT FASTER NOW. WILL LEAVE SMALL
POPS THRU THU...BUT LEAVE THEM OUT ON FRI. TEMPS TO REMAIN PRETTY
CONSISTENT AOB NORMAL...WITH AVERAGE HIGHS AROUND 80 AND LOWS AROUND
60.

.DTX...NONE.

GURNEY

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1119 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 823 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR
MOST OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER
MICHIGAN EXCEPT BAY AND MIDLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 4 PM. FOR THIS
AFTERNOON...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF AN ANN
ARBOR TO PORT HURON LINE...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO
THE SOUTHEAST. THUNDERSTORMS NOW OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN WILL
GRADUALLY SPREAD EAST...REACHING FLINT...OWOSSO AND THE TRI
CITIES BY 1 PM...AND MOVING INTO THE DETROIT AREA AND THUMB SHORTLY
AFTER 2 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...WITH WIND GUSTS TO
60 MPH AND HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER. STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

FOR TONIGHT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.
HOWEVER...SOME OF THEM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40
MPH AND PEA SIZED HAIL. THEY WILL ALSO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION
AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR SATURDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LINGERING OVER THE GREAT LAKES
WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PERSISTENT THREAT OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION HAS ALREADY OCCURRED.

&&

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CONSIDINE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
408 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0306 PM    HOWELL                    MI   .75 INCH HAIL
08/01/03   LIVINGSTON                     REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0300 PM    BURTON                    MI   .75 INCH HAIL
08/01/03   GENESEE                        REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS

0324 PM    CHELSEA                   MI   WIND DAMAGE
08/01/03   WASHTENAW                      4 INCH DIAMETER TREE BLOWN
                                          DOWN BLOCKING MCKINLEY
                                          ROAD.REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

0345 PM    YPSILANTI                 MI   WIND DAMAGE
08/01/03   WASHTENAW                      8 INCH DIAMETER TREE BLOWN
                                          DOWN BLOCKING WHITTAKER
                                          ROAD.REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

0340 PM    ANN ARBOR                 MI   WIND DAMAGE
08/01/03   WASHTENAW                      A LARGE TREE WAS BLOWN
                                          DOWN AND IS BLOCKING A
                                          ROAD.REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

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