Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspouts in Lake Huron, June 14, 2004

Name: Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspouts in Lake Huron, June 14, 2004
Start: 2004-06-14T15:35
End: 2004-06-14T19:00
Location: Lake Huron

June 14, 2004 · NWS DTX · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

2 marine thunderstorm wind, 2 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 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 14, 2:25 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:25 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
325 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

.DISCUSSION...

THE SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST OF THE
AREA BY 00Z, AND WILL TAKE WITH IT THE LOW LEVEL MOIST AXIS FUELING
SEVERE CONVECTION AT PRESS TIME. THE TRAILING SURFACE TROF WILL
SETTLE INTO OHIO OVERNIGHT WHILE WASHING OUT AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO LOWER MICHIGAN. CONSIDERING THE RAINFALL RECEIVED AROUND
THE AREA, WET GROUND, AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKY, FOG WILL DEVELOP
OVERNIGHT AND LAST A COUPLE HOURS AFTER SUNRISE ON TUESDAY. EXPECT
SOME PATCHY DENSE NEAR SUNRISE AROUND THE AREA.

WELL GET AT LEAST ONE DAY TO CATCH OUR BREATH AS HIGH PRESSURE
LINGERS AROUND SE MICHIGAN THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT, BUT THEN THE NEXT
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS SLATED TO ARRIVE ON WEDNESDAY. WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY SHOWS THE UPPER SYSTEM GATHERING ITSELF OVER WESTERN CANADA
THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT THAT THIS WAVE WILL
DIG INTO THE DAKOTAS AND BRING A RESPECTABLE SURFACE LOW INTO NW
ONTARIO. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SE MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND DRAW WARM AND HUMID AIR BACK INTO THE
REGION. THE 12Z ETA IS BALLPARKING CAPE AROUND 2000 J/KG WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON WITH 35 KT WINDS AROUND 500 MB. THE WIND SHEAR WILL BE
MARGINAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER BUT BIG ENOUGH CAPE WILL TEND TO
OVERCOME THAT, AND ANTICIPATE AT LEAST SOME ORGANIZATION POSSIBLE AS
THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH DURING PEAK HEATING.

THERE IS SOME INDICATION OF A WAVE DEVELOPING ALONG THIS FRONT OVER
THE OHIO VALLEY ON THURSDAY. PLAN TO HOLD OFF ON ADDING POPS AT THIS
POINT TO GET A BETTER LOOK AT THIS TREND, WHICH SHOWS A SUDDEN MOVE
TO THE NORTH THIS RUN, AND EVALUATE HOW MUCH ELEVATED CONVECTION
WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THE LONG RANGE MODELS ARE MAINTAINING THE BROAD UPPER LOW OVER
CENTRAL CANADA AND INTO THE MIDWEST TOWARD THE WEEKEND. THE DETAILS
ARE TRENDING TOWARD MORE HEIGHT FALLS OVER THE ROCKIES AND LESS OVER
THE GREAT LAKES. SO FAR, THERE IS NOT A BIG IMPACT ON THE GOING
FORECAST FOR SE MICHIGAN AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE AREA ON FRIDAY WHICH WILL INSTALL HIGH PRESSURE BY SATURDAY. IN
FACT, THE FRONT IS FAR ENOUGH SOUTH THAT WE CAN REMOVE SHOWERS FROM
THE SATURDAY FORECAST, AND KEEP AN EYE ON THE OHIO VALLEY WAVE FOR
SUNDAY. THE CANADIAN AND EURO MODELS SUGGEST THE LOWER HEIGHTS OVER
THE ROCKIES AND A TREND TOWARD MORE ZONAL UPPER FLOW OVER THE GREAT
LAKES DURING THE SUNDAY AND MONDAY PERIOD. THERE IS NOT MUCH SUPPORT
FOR THIS SOLUTION FROM THE NCEP ENSEMBLE MEMBERS, BUT THIS HAS BEEN
PART OF THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN OVER RECENT WEEKS, AND WOULD KEEP
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS TO OUR WEST AND SOUTH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.DTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

BT

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 11:39 AM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1239 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

MIZ063-068>070-075-076-082-083-151100-
LENAWEE-LIVINGSTON-MACOMB-MONROE-OAKLAND-ST. CLAIR-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-
1239 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 467 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM.

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH STORMS
BECOMING MORE SCATTERED THIS EVENING. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE
WEATHER WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE THE MAIN
HAZARD...WITH HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER ALSO POSSIBLE. IN
ADDITION...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADWAYS. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS LOWER
MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AIRMASS ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON...AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE BETWEEN 2 PM AND 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
WEDNESDAY EVENING. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE ON WEDNESDAY.
AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WILL
PROVIDE THE CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON FRIDAY AS ANOTHER COLD
FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

DISPATCHERS...PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGER IMMEDIATELY.

THE SPOTTER NETWORK HAS BEEN ACTIVATED.

MIZ047>049-053>055-060>062-151100-
BAY-GENESEE-HURON-LAPEER-MIDLAND-SAGINAW-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-TUSCOLA-
1239 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 468 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM.

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH STORMS
BECOMING MORE SCATTERED THIS EVENING. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE
WEATHER WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH AND HAIL TO
ONE INCH IN DIAMETER ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO
POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. STORM
MOTION WILL BE TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS LOWER
MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AIRMASS ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON...AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE BETWEEN 2 PM AND 8 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
WEDNESDAY EVENING. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE ON WEDNESDAY.
AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WILL
PROVIDE THE CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON FRIDAY AS ANOTHER COLD
FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

DISPATCHERS...PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGER IMMEDIATELY.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

BRAVENDER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 2:05 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
305 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0254 PM     HAIL             5 N CLIO                43.25N 83.74W
06/14/2004  0.50 INCH        SAGINAW            MI   BROADCAST MEDIA

            25 MPH WIND GUST

&&

JB

Local storm report, Jun 14, 2:17 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
317 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FENTON                  42.80N 83.71W
06/14/2004                   GENESEE            MI   AMATEUR RADIO

            2 FOOT DIAMETER TREE BRANCH BROKEN OFF

&&

JB

Local storm report, Jun 14, 2:36 PM EST, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
336 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0233 PM     TSTM WND GST     COHOCTAH                42.76N 83.95W
06/14/2004  50 MPH           LIVINGSTON         MI   AMATEUR RADIO

0310 PM     HAIL             3 E FENTON              42.80N 83.65W
06/14/2004  1.00 INCH        OAKLAND            MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

0310 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MANCHESTER              42.15N 84.04W
06/14/2004                   WASHTENAW          MI   AIRPLANE PILOT

            POWER LINES AND FOUR FOOT DIAMETER TREES DOWN

0315 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HOLLY                   42.80N 83.62W
06/14/2004                   OAKLAND            MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SMALL BRANCHES DOWN

0330 PM     HAIL             4 N NOVI                42.53N 83.49W
06/14/2004  0.50 INCH        OAKLAND            MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JB

Local storm report, Jun 14, 2:39 PM EST, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
339 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0305 PM     HAIL             FENTON                  42.80N 83.71W
06/14/2004  0.50 INCH        GENESEE            MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            45 MPH WIND GUST

&&

JB

Local storm report, Jun 14, 2:42 PM EST, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
342 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0310 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MANCHESTER              42.15N 84.04W
06/14/2004                   WASHTENAW          MI   AMATEUR RADIO

            POWER LINES AND FOUR FOOT DIAMETER TREES DOWN

&&

JB

Local storm report, Jun 14, 3:24 PM EST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
424 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0254 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FENTON                  42.80N 83.71W
06/14/2004                   GENESEE            MI   AMATEUR RADIO

            2-8 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN.

0256 PM     HAIL             FENTON                  42.80N 83.71W
06/14/2004  0.50 INCH        GENESEE            MI   AMATEUR RADIO

0300 PM     FLASH FLOOD      FENTON                  42.80N 83.71W
06/14/2004                   GENESEE            MI   AMATEUR RADIO

            2 FOOT DIAMETER TREES DOWN

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FENTON                  42.80N 83.71W
06/14/2004                   GENESEE            MI   AMATEUR RADIO

            18 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN

0303 PM     HAIL             FENTON                  42.80N 83.71W
06/14/2004  0.88 INCH        GENESEE            MI   AMATEUR RADIO

0304 PM     HAIL             BURTON                  43.00N 83.62W
06/14/2004  0.75 INCH        GENESEE            MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            51 MPH MEASURED WIND GUST

0309 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHELSEA                 42.31N 84.02W
06/14/2004                   WASHTENAW          MI   AMATEUR RADIO

            3 FOOT DIAMETER TREES DOWN

0310 PM     HAIL             FENTON                  42.80N 83.71W
06/14/2004  1.00 INCH        GENESEE            MI   AMATEUR RADIO

0325 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DEERFIELD               41.89N 83.78W
06/14/2004                   LENAWEE            MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            6 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES DOWN

0325 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST PETERSBURG              41.90N 83.71W
06/14/2004  45 MPH           MONROE             MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

0345 PM     TSTM WND GST     MONROE                  41.92N 83.39W
06/14/2004  60 MPH           MONROE             MI   EMERGENCY MNGR

0405 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 SW LINCOLN PARK       42.20N 83.24W
06/14/2004  57 MPH           WAYNE              MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

0410 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 N UTICA               42.72N 83.02W
06/14/2004                   MACOMB             MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SMALL TREE BRANCHES DOWN

&&

JB

Event by event

2 marine thunderstorm wind, 2 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.

Marine Thunderstorm Wind, Pt Sanilac to Pt Huron Mi

When: June 14, 3:35 PM EST
Where: Pt Sanilac to Pt Huron Mi marine zone, Port Huron
Measured: 39 kt (45 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Marine Thunderstorm Wind, Lh Pt Sanilac to Pt Huron 5nm Offshore to Intl Border

When: June 14, 3:35 PM EST
Where: Lh Pt Sanilac to Pt Huron 5nm Offshore to Intl Border marine zone, Port Huron
Measured: 39 kt (45 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Waterspout, Inner Saginaw Bay & Sw of Pt Au Gres to Bay Port Mi

When: June 14, 6:15 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where: Inner Saginaw Bay & Sw of Pt Au Gres to Bay Port Mi marine zone, Pinconning
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Waterspout, Outer Saginaw Bay & Sw of Alabaster to Pt Austin Mi

When: June 14, 6:18 PM EST
Where: Outer Saginaw Bay & Sw of Alabaster to Pt Austin Mi marine zone, Point Au Gres
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

What these are

Marine Thunderstorm Wind: Thunderstorm winds of 34 knots or more over coastal or lake waters.
Waterspout: A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Lake Huron in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history

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: 5405130, 5405131, 5405132, 5405133.