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 May 31, 2:42 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 342 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY OUR WARM AND MUGGY WEATHER IS COMING TO AN END TODAY...AS A COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STRUGGLED TO BYPASS THE MID LEVEL CAP IN PLACE...PER DTW TAMDAR DATA. ALSO...ALTHOUGH 18Z LAPS DATA DOES INDICATE SURFACE BASED CAPES AROUND 2500 J/KG...THE CAPE IS RATHER SKINNY. STILL THINK WE MAY BE ABLE TO SQUEEZE OUT A MARGINALLY SEVERE STORM OR TWO AS STORMS APPROACH THE FAR EASTERN PART OF THE CWA (KPHN-KMTC-KDET-KTTF)...AS THE STORM OVER LENAWEE COUNTY DID HAVE A TOP OF 50000 FEET. EARLY AFTERNOON UPDATE OF THE ZONES ALREADY ADJUSTED POPS DOWNWARD FOR THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...AS BOTH THE 12Z GFS/NAM INDICATING THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SINKING SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN MICHIGAN BORDER TONIGHT...WITH GRADUAL DRYING OCCURRING AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TRIES TO BUILD EAST. SEE NO REASON TO DEVIATE FROM THIS THINKING BASED ON CURRENT SATELLITE/RADAR TRENDS. WILL KEEP THE MENTION OF CHANCE POPS IN FOR TOMORROW ACROSS THE SOUTH. ALTHOUGH THE SURFACE FRONT WILL BE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY...AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES MAY BE ABLE TO BACK THE FLOW AT 600-500 MB FLOW JUST ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR SOME SHOWERS TO SNEAK IN FROM THE SOUTH. BASED ON TEMPS UPSTREAM ACROSS WISCONSIN...ASSUMING WE SEE SOME SUNSHINE...AND TAKING A COMPROMISE OF THE GFS/MET MOS GUIDANCE...WILL CONTINUE WITH MAXES PREDOMINATELY IN THE UPPER 70S...COOLER ACROSS THE THUMB AND NEAR SAGINAW BAY WITH THE LOW LEVEL NORTHEAST FLOW. && .LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY WAVY SURFACE COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ITS SAG AWAY FROM THE LAKES REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...WITH SOME MODEL CONSENSUS TOWARD SECONDARY TROUGHING EXTENDING BACK ACROSS MUCH OF THE LAKES REGION. AT 500 MB...AMPLIFYING TROUGH ADVANCING TO OVERHEAD FRIDAY. MOISTURE AVAILABILITY AMONG MODELS QUITE VARIANT THROUGH FRIDAY IN LOW THROUGH MID LEVELS...WITH NAM PRETTY MUCH AN OUTLIER IN DEGREE OF DEEPER MOISTURE THURSDAY NIGHT...THEN BETTER CONSENSUS TOWARD HIGHER MOISTURE LEVELS FRIDAY. DYNAMICS MODEST AT BEST THROUGH FRIDAY. LOW TO MID LEVEL OMEGA LIFT SLIGHT AT BEST THURSDAY NIGHT...BUT OVERALL BETTER FRIDAY. ALSO...SLIGHT 850 TO 500 MB QVECTOR CONVERGENCE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY ALONG WITH SLIGHT LOW LEVEL WIND CONVERGENCE. OCCASIONAL MODEST UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY ALSO IN SUPPORT OF CONTINUED FRIDAY MENTION OF MID TO LATE DAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MODEST INSTABILITY EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN FRIDAY...AS FAIRLY STEEP LOW AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES DEVELOP. AFTER FRIDAY... MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE SEASONABLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LOWER DEW POINTS THROUGH THIS EXTENDED PERIOD. THE RETREATING EASTERN GREAT LAKES 500 MB LOW/TROUGH REINFORCED BY WEAK IMPULSES ON BACK SIDE OF TROUGH RIDING ACROSS LOWER MI INTO SATURDAY AS PER MOST MODELS...EVEN LATER AS PER 06Z GFS...THEN BROAD PLAINS RIDGE BUILDS INTO AREA. GLOBAL SEEMS TO BUILD IN THIS RIDGE SOONER AND STRONGER OVERHEAD THAN DO MOST OTHER MODELS. AT ANY RATE...THIS RIDGE GETS BEATEN DOWN DURING THE EARLY TO MID WEEK PERIOD BY FAIRLY VIGOROUS SERIES OF SHORTWAVES RIDING ATOP THE RIDGE...WITH MODEL CONSENSUS SHOWING OR SUGGESTING STRONG TROUGH AMPLIFICATION OVERHEAD BY MID WEEK. AT THE SURFACE...RIDGE BATTLING TO BUILD INTO AREA BEFORE LATE SATURDAY...AS WAVES CONTINUE TO RIPPLE ALONG THE COLD FRONT IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY. THEN...HIGH PRESSURE DOES BECOME ESTABLISHED OVERHEAD FOR THE WEEKEND AND SLOWLY RETREATS EAST/SOUTHEAST SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. MODELS QUITE DIVERSE AS TO DETAILS THEN THROUGH EARLY HALF OF NEXT WEEK...THOUGH CONSIDERABLE CONSENSUS TOWARD LOW/FRONTAL SYSTEM PASSAGE AT MID WEEK. 06Z DGEX QPF/MOISTURE/OMEGA FIELDS POINT ESPECIALLY TO BEST RAINFALL CHANCES TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME. GFS INDICATING INCREASING TREND INTO MID WEEK AS WELL. HAVE NOT MADE WHOLESALE CHANGES FOR THE WEEKEND THROUGH MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. GUIDANCE/CURRENT FORECAST TEMPERATURES APPEAR TO BE IN THE BALL PARK. WILL...HOWEVER...REMOVE THE SMALL CHANCE MENTION OF PRECIPITATION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...GIVEN LIMITED MOISTURE AND SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT ESPECIALLY SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH RIDGE EXPECTED TO BE SLOW RELINQUISHING ITS GRIP ON THE AREA...AND WILL INTRODUCE SMALL CHANCE POPS FOR MONDAY NIGHT. && .AVIATION...ISSUED 1245 PM EDT WED SURFACE LOW PRESSURE...EVIDENT IN THE PRESSURE FIELD AND VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN AT THE PRESENT TIME. ENHANCED CU NOTED ALONG THE COLD FRONT WHICH WAS ADVANCING TOWARD SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. GOOD INSTABILITY IN PLACE SHOULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE FRONT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS AND HAIL AT THE DETROIT TAFS...WHERE INSTABILITY IS THE GREATEST. TIMING LOOKS TO BE AFT 20Z...AND LIKELY ENDING BY 00Z AT DETROIT SITES. 12Z GFS/NAM INDICATING THE COLD FRONT WORKING SOUTH OF THE MICHIGAN BORDER TONIGHT...WITH DRY AIR GRADUALLY FILTERING INTO THE CWA. THERE LOOKS TO BE A PERIOD OF LOW CLOUDS (1000-2500 FEET) BEFORE ENOUGH LOW LEVEL DRY AIR WORKS INTO THE AREA TO SUPPORT VFR CONDITIONS...WHICH SHOULD BE THE GENERAL RULE TOMORROW. && .DTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MI...NONE. LAKE HURON...NONE. LAKE ST CLAIR...NONE. MI WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...SF LONG TERM....DWD AVIATION...SF 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 355 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>062-010915- MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER- 355 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TRI CITIES...FLINT... AND THUMB PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME TO AN END THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE AS THEY TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME TO AN END AS DRIER AND COOLER AIR FILTERS INTO SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN AGAIN ON SATURDAY AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES IMPACT THE GREAT LAKES. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT CURRENTLY PLANNED. MIZ063-068>070-075-076-082-083-010915- ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- 355 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...INCLUDING PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...DETROIT... ADRIAN...AND MONROE. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME TO AN END THIS EVENING FORM WEST TO EAST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TWO IS STILL POSSIBLE ALONG A LINE FROM MONROE NORTHEAST TO PORT HURON THROUGH 7 PM. THESE STORMS WOULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH...ALONG WITH HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. OTHERWISE...THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE STREET FLOODING AS STORMS MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME TO AN END AS DRIER AND COOLER AIR FILTERS INTO SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN AGAIN ON SATURDAY AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES IMPACT THE GREAT LAKES. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ421-422-441>443-462>464-010915- 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- 355 PM EDT WED MAY 31 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 WILL COME TO AN END THIS EVENING FORM WEST TO EAST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TWO IS STILL POSSIBLE OVER LAKE SAINT CLAIR AND THE MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE THROUGH 7 PM. THESE STORMS WOULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH...ALONG WITH HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN AGAIN ON SATURDAY AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES IMPACT THE GREAT LAKES. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. SF YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT (ALL LOWER CASE).
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:00 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a Consumers Energy substation in Fairfield, knocking out power to 4400 people in Adrian.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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