1 lightning, 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 Jul 5, 2:05 PM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 305 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATING MID/UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH DROPPING SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES...WITH A MORE IMPRESSIVE SHORTWAVE/CIRCULATION OVER SOUTHERN MANITOBA. THAT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO DAMPEN OUT AS IT HEADS SOUTHEAST INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TOMORROW. WILL BE CONTINUING SCATTERED/CHANCE POPS INTO THIS EVENING...AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL/NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND LOW CLOUDS HAVE LINGERED FOR MUCH OF THE DAY OVER SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...HOLDING THE SURFACE TEMPS AND INSTABILITY DOWN. SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN DID EXPERIENCE MORE SUNSHINE TODAY...AND THUS HAVE CLIMBED INTO THE LOWER 80S/NEAR 80 DEGREES. HOWEVER...THE SURFACE DEW POINTS ARE LOWERING INTO THE UPPER 50S...AS GOOD BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING TAKES PLACE. AS LONG AS CAPES HOVER AROUND 1000 J/KG OR LESS...WOULD NOT EXPECT SEVERE WEATHER...AND WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD OFF UPDATING HWO. LEFT THE SKY AS PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT...BUT EXPECT AN AREA OF LOW STRATUS LATE TONIGHT...PER NAM SURFACE/BOUNDARY LAYER CONDENSATION PRESSURE DEFICITS. WOULD EXPECT CONSIDERABLE CLOUDS AROUND TOMORROW...SIMILAR TO TODAY. HOWEVER...OVERALL AIRMASS WILL BE DRIER...WITH SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 50S. DESPITE THE COLD POOL ALOFT...500 MB TEMPS (-14 C)...WILL JUST CARRY ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS WITH AMOUNT OF DRY AIR AND GOOD SURFACE RIDGING IN PLACE. TYPICAL...DAYTIME HEATING/LAKE INFLUENCED INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE...WHICH LOOKS TO BE THE FOCUS POINT...IF ACTIVITY CAN IN FACT GET GOING WITH MODEST INSTABILITY (CAPES LESS THAN 1000 J/KG). STAYED CLOSE TO GUIDANCE TEMPS TONIGHT/TOMORROW (LOWS-MID 50S TO LOWER 60S / MAXES- MID TO UPPER 70S) && .LONG TERM... WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...NAM/GFS IN GOOD AGREEMENT OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION WITH 850 MB THERMAL TROF REMAINING OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL RESULT IN DIURNAL CU BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. HOWEVER WITH NORTHEAST LOW LEVEL FLOW AND LIMITED MOISTURE ALOFT ANTICIPATE JUST PARTLY CLOUDY AFTERNOON CONDITIONS. NAM EVEN SCOURING OUT 925 MB MOISTURE IN NORTHEAST LOW LEVEL FLOW. SO WILL CONTINUE DRY FORECAST EVEN THOUGH VERTICAL TOTALS RUNNING 27-28C ON BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. MODELS SIMILAR IN TRACK WITH TS CINDY AND KEEP IT WELL SOUTHEAST OF THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION. MODELS EVEN SUGGEST THAT HIGH CLOUD WILL STAY WELL TO THE SOUTHEAST AS TROPICAL SYSTEM WEAKENS OVER THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. NAM DEW POINTS LOOK A LITTLE TO HIGH THROUGH THE PERIOD...BASED ON UPSTREAM DEW POINTS BEHIND SECONDARY SURFACE TROF...ESPECIALLY FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SO PREFER THE SLIGHTLY COOLER MAV TEMPS. SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH PERSISTENT UPPER RIDGE AXIS AND WESTWARD EXTENSION OF THE BERMUDA HIGH INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. BUILDING HEIGHTS EARLY IN THE PERIOD...THEN NOT MUCH EASTWARD PROGRESSION TO UPPER RIDGE...WESTWARD EXTENSION OF THE BERMUDA HIGH ALSO MAINTAINING AN EASTERLY LOW LEVEL WIND COMPONENT OVER THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES. AS A RESULT ANTICIPATE DEW POINTS TO BE A LITTLE LOWER THAN EXTENDED MOS GUIDANCE SUGGESTS. LOWER RH AIRMASS WILL ALSO RESULT IN LARGER DIURNAL SWINGS THAN EXTENDED MOS SUGGESTING...SO DAYTIME HIGHS WILL REFLECT TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES HIGHER THAN GUIDANCE. MODELS DIFFER ON TROPICAL SYSTEM FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH THE WRFXX MOST AGGRESSIVE IN DRIVING IT NORTH TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY ON TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME WILL CONTINUE WITH DRY FCST FOR TUESDAY THOUGH...UNTIL MODELS MORE CONSISTENT WITH THIS FEATURE. && .AVIATION...ISSUED AT 105 PM STUBBORN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE/LOW CLOUDS (BELOW 3000 FEET) OVER SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN SLOWLY BEING MIXED OUT THIS AFTERNOON. THE GOOD NEWS IS THESE CLOUDS ARE KEEPING TEMPERATURES DOWN IN THE 70S...WHICH IS LIMITING THE INSTABILITY THUS FAR. SURFACE COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING...WHICH MAY HELP FOCUS SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. EXPECTING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AT BEST...AND WILL THUS NOT MENTION IN TAFS. TOUGH FORECAST LATE TONIGHT ON EXTENT OF LOW STRATUS/FOG. WITH NORTHEAST COLD ADVECTION FLOW OFF OF LAKE HURON...WOULD EXPECT LOW STRATUS/LIGHT FOG...WHICH IS INDICATED BY NAM SURFACE/BOUNDARY LAYER CONDENSATION PRESSURE DEFICITS. && .DTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MI...NONE. LAKE HURON...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...LHZ421-LHZ441-LHZ442-LHZ443...EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS...LHZ422...EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. LAKE ST CLAIR...NONE. MI WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...SF LONG TERM....GSS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 528 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-060930- MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE- LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE- LENAWEE-MONROE- 528 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS A COMPLEX COLD FRONTAL SYSTEM PERSISTS OVER THE AREA. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...THOUGH A FEW STORMS THIS AFTERNOON COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND PEA SIZED HAIL. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON...AND ANY STORMS TODAY WILL MOVE EAST AROUND 20 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY ALONG THE SHORELINES OF HURON...SANILAC...AND ST CLAIR COUNTIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ421-422-441>443-462>464-060930- ST. CLAIR RIVER-DETROIT RIVER-LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE-OUTER SAGINAW BAY-INNER SAGINAW BAY- PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- LAKE HURON OFFSHORE BEYOND 5 NM FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI- LAKE HURON OFFSHORE BEYOND 5 NM FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- LAKE HURON OFFSHORE BEYOND 5 NM FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- 528 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE HURON...LAKE ST CLAIR AND THE MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS A COMPLEX COLD FRONTAL SYSTEM PERSISTS OVER THE AREA. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...THOUGH A FEW STORMS THIS AFTERNOON COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS AND PEA SIZED HAIL. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON...AND ANY STORMS TODAY WILL MOVE EAST AROUND 20 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY ON OUTER SAGINAW BAY AND OVER THE LAKE HURON NEARSHORE WATERS. AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY FOR THE SHORELINES OF THESE WATERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. DWD
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 8 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:30 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a house, resulting in a fire.
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