1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Apr 14, 3:12 AM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 412 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 .SHORT TERM...TODAY AND TONIGHT MCS WILL AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH 12Z...HOWEVER MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE CWA AS LOW LEVEL JET STRUGGLES TO DRIVE NORTH INTO LOWER MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION 850-300 MB THICKNESS CONTOURS/CORFIDI VECTORS ALSO INDICATE A CONTINUED SOUTHEAST TRACK FOR THE CORE OF THE MCS. STILL ANTICIPATE GOOD CONVECTION OVER MOST OF THE CWA THROUGH 13Z THOUGH AS VORTICITY LOBE SWINGS ACROSS THE CWA EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG 850 MB THETA-E ADVECTION AHEAD OF THIS WAVE IN ADDITION TO IMPRESSIVE MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUED THREAT FOR HAIL...AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL WITH WET BULB ZERO RUNNING AROUND 9K FEET. STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER AND WARM FRONT SUPPRESSED SOUTHWEST OF THE CWA SHOULD LIMIT ANY THREAT FOR MESOS THOUGH. PRECIP WATER RUNNING OVER AN INCH AS WELL BUT PROGRESSIVE MCS AND INDIVIDUAL CELLS MOVING EAST AT 30 KTS...SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS...COULD STILL SEE LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE HALF INCH THOUGH...EVEN ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA...CLOSER TO THE TRACK OF UPPER WAVE AND ALONG A SECONDARY SFC TROF AXIS. BASED ON CURRENT SPEED AND TRACK OF MCS...CONVECTION AND BACK EDGE OF CLOUD SHIELD SHOULD BE EAST OF THE CWA BY 13-14Z. GOOD SURFACE HEATING EXPECTED AFTER 13-14Z AS CLOUD SHIELD MOVES EAST IN WAKE OF DEPARTING MCS...MODELS STILL SHOWING CAPES IN EXCESS OF 2000 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON WITH MODEST CONVERGENCE ALONG AND AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ALTHOUGH MID LEVEL MOISTURE IS LIMITED...AND 850 MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT VECTORS SWEEPING EAST... CONCERNED THAT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION COULD REDEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF COLD FRONT...ESPECIALLY WITH SIGNIFICANT BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE BEING DEPOSITED BY MCS THIS MORNING...SO WILL INCLUDE SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ENTIRE CWA THIS AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH BEST THREAT WILL BE OVER THE SAGINAW AND GENESEE VALLEY. FRONT VERY SLOW TO DRIVE SOUTH OF THE STATE OVERNIGHT AS NEXT UPPER WAVE SHEARS OUT. AT THIS TIME WILL LINGER CLOUD COVER A LITTLE LONGER ACROSS THE SOUTH AND BUMP MIN TEMPS UP. && .LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... FOR THIS WEEKEND...THE UPPER LOW OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CONUS AS THE STRONGER UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA DROPS SOUTH. THIS FIRST SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE MIDWEST SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A SURFACE LOW OVER WESTERN IOWA AND A WARM FRONT EXTENDING EAST ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND CENTRAL INDIANA. AS PREVIOUS SHIFT NOTED...UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE GREAT LAKES WITH A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER EASTERN CANADA. THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW TO OUR EAST WILL SHUNT THE APPROACHING SYSTEM TO THE SOUTH. THE GFS IS TRENDING TOWARDS THIS IDEA AND BY 12Z SUN...HAS TRENDED ABOUT 200 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF ITS POSITIONING OF THE SURFACE LOW FROM 12Z/13 RUN. THE GEM IS SHOWING A SIMILAR TREND AND IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE 12Z/13 UKMET/ECMWF. PRECIPITATION APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH WILL HAVE TO OVERCOME VERY DRY AIR SO HAVE REMOVED PRECIP FROM THE NORTHERN THUMB AND WILL CONTINUE WITH JUST CHANCE POPS FOR SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT ELSEWHERE. A VORT LOBE SWINGING AROUND THE LOW OVER QUEBEC WILL THEN BRING A WEAK BACK DOOR COLD FRONT OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. HOWEVER WITH PLENTY OF SUN ON MONDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS DAY...REMAINING A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. QUIET WEATHER IS EXPECTED AGAIN FOR THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS OVER THE AREA. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN CONUS AS A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL LOW SETS UP OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA. PREFER THE SLOWER AND MORE NORTHERN TRACK WITH THIS FEATURE OFFERED BY THE ECMWF/UKMET/GEM. THE GFS ALLOWS THE LOW TO CLOSE OFF AND MEANDER TOWARDS IOWA AND DOES NOT PLACE ENOUGH EMPHASIS ON THE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE NORTH PACIFIC BEHIND IT. WITH THIS SYSTEM APPROACHING THE UPPER MIDWEST WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY WILL CONTINUE WITH LOW CHANCE POPS. && .PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED 105 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 AVIATION... EARLIER TAFS APPEAR GENERALLY IN AGREEMENT WITH UPSTREAM RADAR DEVELOPMENT OF MCS AND LATEST MODEL TRENDS. 06Z TAFS WILL CONTINUE WITH IDEA OF CONDITIONS LOWERING OVERNIGHT...TO GENERALLY MVFR DUE TO CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN SHOWERS/MIST...WITH TEMPO GROUPS OF THUNDER ALL SITES BETWEEN 09Z AND 12Z. LINGERING VISIBILITIES ABOUT 4 MILES IN SHOWERS/MIST WITH CEILINGS MVFR 12Z TO 15Z ON BACK SIDE OF LIKELY OVERNIGHT MCS...THEN CONDITIONS IMPROVING TO VFR BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS MOISTURE PRETTY MUCH GETS DEPLETED FROM MODEL SOUNDINGS...CONTINUING VFR FRIDAY EVENING. && .DTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MI...NONE. LAKE HURON...NONE. LAKE ST CLAIR...NONE. MI WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...GSS LONG TERM....KEK AVIATION...DWD YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT (ALL LOWER CASE).
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 417 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-151100- MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER- ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- 417 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH 8 AM...THEN THERE IS A CHANCE OF LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...BUT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER THROUGH 8 AM. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. UNSTABLE AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TODAY AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE OHIO BORDER ON SUNDAY AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH OUT OF OHIO VALLEY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT...HOWEVER SPOTTER REPORTS OF HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE ENCOURAGED. LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ421-422-441>443-462>464-151100- 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- 417 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ST CLAIR...THE MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AND LAKE HURON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH 8 AM...THEN THERE IS A CHANCE OF LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...BUT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER THROUGH 8 AM. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. UNSTABLE AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TODAY AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE OHIO BORDER ON SUNDAY AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH OUT OF OHIO VALLEY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT...HOWEVER SPOTTER REPORTS OF HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE ENCOURAGED. GSS YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT (ALL LOWER CASE).
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 8 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:30 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home, on Georgeland Drive in Waterford, sparking a fire and causing an estimated $90K in extensive damages according to the local fire chief.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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