A strong thunderstorm moved through the nearshore waters of Lake Huron near Port Huron.
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A strong thunderstorm moved through the nearshore waters of Lake Huron near Port Huron.
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 16, 1:12 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
212 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
.AVIATION...
MIDLEVEL ENERGY PASSING OVERHEAD HAS ALLOWED FOR A HEFTY BUILD UP
OF CUMULUS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA.
FARTHER NORTH...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PLAGUED
THAT AREA WHILE GENERALLY TRACKING EASTWARD. THE TIME PERIOD FOR
THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS LIMITED TO THE FIRST FEW
HOURS OF THE PERIOD. DEEPER DRY AIR WILL WORK AGAINST ANY CELLS
DEVELOPING FARTHER SOUTH AND WILL LEAVE THE MENTION OUT FOR THE
DETROIT TAF SITES. EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR CEILINGS TO REMAIN VFR
THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. GUSTY WEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL SETTLE
DOWN THIS EVENING BEFORE ELEVATING AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED 331 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
SHORT TERM...TODAY
SURFACE TROUGH/FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE CENTRAL LOWER PENINSULA WILL
SLOWLY SETTLE SOUTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. SMALL
CONVECTIVE CLUSTER HAS IGNITED ALONG THE FRONT IN RESPONSE TO A
SMALL...YET VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE. THIS CLUSTER WILL AFFECT THE
NORTHERN REACHES OF THE SAGINAW VALLEY AND PORTIONS OF THE THUMB
DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS ASSOCIATED WITH A SHORTWAVE OVER SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA WILL INCREASE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG AND WEST OF
I-75. EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE BY MIDDAY WITH GUSTY CONDITIONS
PERSISTING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH
INCREASES.
LOWER TROPOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FOR A
GOOD PORTION OF THE DAY - WITH NAM SURFACE BASED LI/S SLIPPING TO
AROUND -6C AND CAPE VALUES UP TO 500 J/KG. HOWEVER...STRONGER COLD
ADVECTION NEAR THE SURFACE SHOULD HELP ESTABLISH SOME MID-LEVEL
CAPPING DIFFERENTIALLY BY LATE IN THE DAY. REGARDLESS...WILL
CONTINUE THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDER. ESPECIALLY
CONSIDERING THAT THE SHORTWAVE OVER THE BOUNDARY WATERS OF MINNESOTA
IS APPRECIABLY STRONGER THAN INDICATED BY THE 00Z NCEP SUITE - WHICH
SHOULD HELP PROMOTE STEEPER MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER TODAY AS COLD ADVECTION
INCREASES THROUGH THE DAY.
LONG TERM...
COLD POOL (1 C AT 850 MB/-21 C AT 500 MB PER 00Z PICKLE LAKE
RAOB)/UPPER LEVEL LOW/CIRCULATION OVER ONTARIO WILL CONTINUE TO DROP
SLOWLY SOUTHEAST...INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES ON TUESDAY...WITH
LONGWAVE TROUGH DIGGING/EXTENDING INTO THE SOUTHEAST CONUS.
THIS AMPLIFIED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN CONUS WILL BE
SLOW TO BREAK DOWN...RESULTING IN A VERY COOL MID WEEK PERIOD...WITH
MAXES STUCK IN THE 60S AND MINS SNEAKING INTO THE UPPER 40S ACROSS
THE MAJORITY OF THE CWA. 850 MB TEMPS PROGGED TO BE IN THE 2 TO 6 C
RANGE ON TUESDAY...WITH LITTLE OR NO AIRMASS MODIFICATION ON
WEDNESDAY.
WITH EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES...DIURNAL AND LAKE INSTABILITY...THERE IS A
SLIGHT/LOW CHANCE OF SHOWERS JUST ABOUT ANYTIME DURING THE
TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME...MOST PREVALENT OVER THE THUMB REGION.
SIGNIFICANT HEIGHT RISES THEN PROGGED FOR THURSDAY...AS UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. NORTHWEST CONFLUENT FLOW
AND WARMING MID LEVELS SHOULD SUPPORT A DRY DAY...WITH MAXES
REACHING AND EXCEEDING 70 DEGREES ONCE AGAIN.
ALTHOUGH THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW REMAINS NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY...POSSIBLE
EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE AND AIRMASS DESTABILIZATION/MOISTURE ADVECTION
SUPPORTS CONTINUING THE LOW CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...PER 00Z
CANADIAN GLOBAL/GFS.
MARINE...
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL INCREASE ACROSS LAKE ST CLAIR AND LAKE ERIE
BY LATE THIS MORNING...AS A SURFACE TROUGH SETTLES SOUTH THROUGH THE
REGION. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND GUSTS WILL LIKELY
CLIMB INTO THE 25 KNOT RANGE. WILL HOIST SMALL CRAFTS FOR
THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS FOR MIDDAY IN TO THE EVENING HOURS.
OTHERWISE...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL MARINE
AREAS. NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MID-WEEK. WIND
CONDITIONS IN THE LAKE HURON NEARSHORE WATERS - INCLUDING SAGINAW
BAY - MAY REQUIRE SMALL CRAFTS FOR THE TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO
WEDNESDAY MORNING TIME WINDOW.
&&
.DTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...NONE.
LAKE HURON...NONE.
LAKE ST CLAIR...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...UNTIL 8 PM MONDAY.
MI WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...UNTIL 8 PM MONDAY.
&&
AVIATION.....CB
SHORT TERM...MANN
LONG TERM....SF
MARINE.......MANN
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 932 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-171345- MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER- ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- 932 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AS CELLS TRACK EAST SOUTHEASTWARD AT 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND FRIDAY...AS A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY AND TONIGHT. LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ361>363-421-422-441>443-462>464-171345- ST. CLAIR RIVER-DETROIT RIVER-LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- LAKE HURON FROM 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LT BEYOND 5 NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON POINT MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY-INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- 932 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE HURON AND LAKE ST CLAIR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE ST CLAIR AND THE MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILS.../GLFSC/.../NSHDTX/. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AS CELLS TRACK EAST SOUTHEASTWARD AT 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND FRIDAY...AS A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. CB/SF YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT (ALL LOWER CASE).
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1046 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0126 PM TSTM WND GST CANTON 42.31N 83.48W
06/15/2008 E65.00 MPH WAYNE MI TRAINED SPOTTER
0130 PM TSTM WND DMG SALEM 42.41N 83.58W
06/15/2008 WASHTENAW MI PUBLIC
FOUR INCH LIMBS DOWN AT SALEM GOLF COURSE
0137 PM TSTM WND DMG NOVI 42.48N 83.49W
06/15/2008 OAKLAND MI TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE LIMBS DOWN AT 10 MILE AND HAGGERTY RD
0144 PM TSTM WND GST FARMINGTON 42.46N 83.38W
06/15/2008 E60.00 MPH OAKLAND MI TRAINED SPOTTER
THREE TO FOUR INCH DIAMETER LIMBS DOWN
0145 PM TSTM WND GST 2 NW FARMINGTON 42.48N 83.41W
06/15/2008 E65.00 MPH OAKLAND MI TRAINED SPOTTER
0630 PM TSTM WND DMG LIME CREEK 41.77N 84.33W
06/15/2008 LENAWEE MI FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREES DOWN
0635 PM TSTM WND DMG LIME CREEK 41.77N 84.33W
06/15/2008 LENAWEE MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE ON LIME CREEK RD
0639 PM TSTM WND DMG MORENCI 41.72N 84.22W
06/15/2008 LENAWEE MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
DISPATCH REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED.
0935 PM HAIL WALLED LAKE 42.54N 83.48W
06/15/2008 E0.75 INCH OAKLAND MI TRAINED SPOTTER
0939 PM HAIL WALLED LAKE 42.54N 83.48W
06/15/2008 E1.00 INCH OAKLAND MI TRAINED SPOTTER
0950 PM HAIL MILFORD 42.59N 83.60W
06/15/2008 E0.75 INCH OAKLAND MI AMATEUR RADIO
MILFORD AND WARDLOW RD
1010 PM HAIL PINCONNING 43.86N 83.96W
06/15/2008 E0.88 INCH BAY MI AMATEUR RADIO
1025 PM TSTM WND GST KAWKAWLIN 43.65N 83.95W
06/15/2008 E60.00 MPH BAY MI TRAINED SPOTTER
CORRECT TIME OF EVENT
1035 PM TSTM WND DMG BAY CITY STATE PARK 43.67N 83.91W
06/15/2008 BAY MI AMATEUR RADIO
SIX INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN.
1035 PM TSTM WND GST 3 E ESSEXVILLE 43.61N 83.78W
06/15/2008 E60.00 MPH BAY MI TRAINED SPOTTER
1040 PM TSTM WND GST BAY CITY 43.59N 83.89W
06/15/2008 E65.00 MPH BAY MI TRAINED SPOTTER
NORTHWEST BAY CITY AT MARQUETTE AND TRUMAN PARKWAY- TREES
DOWNED ALONG WITH POWER LINES
1040 PM TSTM WND DMG QUANICASSEE 43.58N 83.67W
06/15/2008 TUSCOLA MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON POWERLINE AT QUANICASSEE AND AKRON RD
1050 PM HAIL FREELAND 43.52N 84.12W
06/15/2008 E0.88 INCH SAGINAW MI TRAINED SPOTTER
THREE DIFFERENT SPOTTERS REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN
FREELAND.
1105 PM HAIL 5 N SAGINAW 43.49N 83.95W
06/15/2008 E1.00 INCH SAGINAW MI TRAINED SPOTTER
AT KOTCHVILLE AND MACKINAW RD IN KOTCHVILLE
1140 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NW MAYVILLE 43.36N 83.38W
06/15/2008 TUSCOLA MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
DISPATCH REPORTED TREE AND POWERLINES DAMAGED AT SNOVER
RD AND M 24
&&
UPDATED FOR MORENCI AND MAYVILLE REPORTS
RPOLLMANSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1211 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 MIZ047-048-053-161715- MIDLAND-BAY-SAGINAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDLAND...BAY CITY...SAGINAW 1211 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE TRI CITIES VICINITY INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. AT 1159 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 32 MILES WEST OF COLEMAN TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAY CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST CELLS. CB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 149 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-161930- MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE- LAPEER-ST. CLAIR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDLAND...BAY CITY...BAD AXE... SAGINAW...CARO...SANDUSKY...OWOSSO...FLINT...LAPEER...PORT HURON 149 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE TRI CITIES AND THUMB INTO THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS. AT 137 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PINCONNING TO MAYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH. HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST CELLS. CB
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:28 UTC.
1 marine thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter estimated a 40 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
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