Lightning struck a Highland Township house.
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Lightning struck a Highland Township house.
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 5, 10:52 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1152 PM EDT MON APR 5 2010 .AVIATION... SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION AS THIS FORECAST PERIOD BEGINS AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE TO THE WEST PUSHES A WARM FRONT NORTH INTO THE REGION. WHILE THE LOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY START OUT RATHER DRY...A 30-40KT SW LOW LEVEL JET WILL KEEP A STEADY FEED OF MOISTURE INTO THE REGION AND ALLOW THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION TO CONTINUES ITS ADVANCE. THIS FIRST WAVE OF SHOWERS WILL PASS EAST BY 10Z-12Z AND THE WARM FRONT WILL LIFT TO THE I 69 CORRIDOR OR SO...AND PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR ANOTHER BATCH OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS BY AFTERNOON/EVENING...PARTICULARLY FNT/MBS. WILL INCLUDE A BRIEF TEMPO GROUP MIDDAY FOR DTW/DET/PTK AS THE FRONT PROGRESSES THROUGH...BUT CONFINE PREDOMINANT RAINFALL TO MBS TOWARDS THE END OF THIS PERIOD. && .PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED 417 PM EDT MON APR 5 2010 QUIET CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AS SURFACE RIDGING EXTENDS NORTH ACROSS OUR AREA FROM THE IMPRESSIVE RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS. THIS WILL BE SHORT LIVED HOWEVER AS A WARM FRONT WILL BEGIN TO LIFT NORTH OVERNIGHT. MODELS HAVE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT IN SHOWING STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION TAKING SHAPE AROUND 03Z-06Z ON THE NOSE OF A 50 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPING ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. ALTHOUGH THERE IS ABUNDANT DRY AIR IN PLACE RIGHT NOW...THE LOW LEVEL JET WILL ALSO INCREASE AVAILABLE MOISTURE RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT AS 850 MB DEWPOINTS INCREASE FROM AROUND -5C TO +10C BY 09Z AND PW VALUES INCREASE TO AROUND 1.3 INCHES. MAIN FORECAST ISSUES WILL BE WHAT TIME THE REMNANTS OF CONVECTION FORMING OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS MAKE IT INTO OUR CWA AND HOW MUCH OF THAT WILL MAKE IT INTO THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. 12Z NAM LOOKS CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS RUNS IN SHOWING STRONG ISENTROPIC ASCENT STARTING AROUND 06Z BUT THE WARM FRONT WILL BE NEAR THE OHIO BORDER BY THAT TIME WITH THE BEST ASCENT ALONG AND NORTH OF M59. FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THIS AREA WILL SEE AT LEAST SOME RAIN THOUGH AND MAINTAINED LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH AS A RESULT. A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ALSO APPEAR LIKELY AS NAM BUFKIT SOUNDINGS SHOW ABOUT 500 J/KG OF ELEVATED CAPE. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A STRONG GRADIENT IN MIN TEMPS DUE TO THE FRONT WITH VALUES IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTH AND MID 40S ACROSS THE NORTH. LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AN ACTIVE PATTERN IS SHAPING UP FOR LOWER MICHIGAN EARLY IN THE LONG TERM WITH A VERY STRONG BAROCLINIC ZONE STALLING WITHIN VICINITY. VARIOUS BITS OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY IS EXPECTED TO RIDE ALONG THE STATIONARY FRONT PROVIDING FOR EPISODES OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. FORTUNATELY...MODEL GUIDANCE KEEPS THE STATIONARY FRONT WAVERING DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS WHICH SHOULD SPREAD RAINFALL ACROSS A GREATER PORTION OF THE CWA. TUESDAY...THE SURFACE EXTENSION OF THE MAIN WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SHARPEN DURING THE DAY OVER THE NORTHERN CWA. STILL SOME QUESTION AS TO HOW PROGRESSIVE/FAST THIS FRONTAL ZONE WILL BE AS IT JOURNEYS NORTHWARD. MODELS SUGGEST THAT 925MB PORTION OF THE FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH OF SAGINAW BAY BY EVENING. ONE ALWAYS HAS DOUBTS GIVEN THE COLD STATE OF THE LAKES...BUT FEEL THAT MODELS ARE ONTO THE CORRECT SOLUTION. REASONS INCLUDE...LACK OF SNOWPACK AND A POLAR JET ALREADY IN PLACE ACROSS THE NORTHERN LAKES VS. LIFTING INTO US FROM THE SOUTH. OVERALL FORCING WILL BE TIED TO FRONTOGENESIS AS MAGNITUDE OF TEMP GRADIENT INCREASES. THE BIG LIMITING FACTOR TO CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT/VIGOR WILL BE THE EVENTUAL TIMING AND MAGNITUDE OF WARMING WITHIN THE 900-700MB LAYER. MODEL GUIDANCE IS EXTREMELY TOUCHY WITH KEEPING THE ATMOSPHERE CAPPED AS CONDITIONS MIX OUT IN THE AFTERNOON. MODEL SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THAT AT MINIMUM LOWER 60S F WILL BE NEEDED ON THE DEWPOINT TO BREAK THE CAP. QUESTION REMAINS IS THAT POSSIBLE? UPSTREAM SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S ARE IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF IL NEAR ST. LOUIS. THIS AREA IS CURRENTLY NEAR A SECONDARY THETA E GRADIENT THAT ALL MODELS LIFT INTO FAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN LATER TOMORROW ON NOSE OF MIDLEVEL JET STREAK. THE UNKNOWN MOVING FORWARD IS THE ROLE THE COLD LAKES WILL PLAY IN THE NORTHWARD ADVANCEMENT OF THIS FEATURE. THIS SITUATION NEEDS FURTHER MONITORING AS SHEAR/KINEMATIC PROFILES WILL BE HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE BOTH 0-1KM AND 0-0.5KM BULK SHEAR VALUES APPROACHING 40 KNOTS. MAIN VORTICITY ENERGY AND PHASING EVENT WILL ALLOW FOR MAIN CYCLONE PASSAGE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. THE CWA WILL REMAIN WITHIN WARM SECTOR DURING MAJORITY OF THE DAY...WITH EVENTUAL COLD FRONT PASSAGE WEDNESDAY EVENING. DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL ON WEDNESDAY WITH HIGH AMOUNTS OF CLOUDS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA AND WHAT STATE OF ATMOSPHERE WILL BE IN FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION. DID RAISE MAX TEMPERATURES UPWARD AS MAIN SURFACE LOW WILL LIFT DIRECTLY THROUGH CWA ALLOWING FOR ANOTHER NORTHWARD SURGE OF WARM SECTOR. GENERAL AGREEMENT EXISTS AMONGST THE NWP SUITE THAT PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL END THURSDAY EVENING. A LOWERING INVERSION WILL EVENTUALLY SQUASH INSTABILITY SHOWERS AS SOUNDINGS DEPICT CONVECTIVE DEPTHS REDUCING TO AROUND 3 KFT. LARGE SCALE GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT RISES WILL TAKE AIM ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES FOR THE END OF THE WEEK...PROVIDED THE EASTERN CONUS TROUGH LIFTS INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. A STRONG SURFACE RIDGE THEN BUILDS INTO THE GREAT LAKES...PROBABLY UNDERGOING SOME STRENGTHENING LOCALLY DUE TO STABLE LAKE AGGREGATE EFFECTS. THAT SPELLS FOR QUIET CONDITIONS TO CLOSE THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL FEEL DOWNRIGHT COOL THUR-SAT WITH DAYTIME READINGS IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S. THEN...TEMPERATURES BEGIN A MODERATING TREND FOR THE END OF THE WEEKEND WITH A BEST UPPER 50S FOR SUNDAY. MARINE... A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH INTO THE AREA TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW...CAUSING EASTERLY WINDS OVER THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF LAKE HURON...WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS ELSEWHERE. HOWEVER...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN GENERALLY LESS THAN 20 KNOTS. A VERY STABLE REGIME WILL ALSO BE IN PLACE DUE TO WARM AIR OVER THE RELATIVELY COLD WATER...SO WAVE HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOW. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY BRINGING THE RETURN OF NORTHERLY WINDS. && .DTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MI...NONE. LAKE HURON...NONE. LAKE ST CLAIR...NONE. MI WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...NONE. && AVIATION.....DG SHORT TERM...AGD LONG TERM....CB MARINE.......AGD 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 1228 AM EDT TUE APR 6 2010 MIZ068>070-075-076-082-083-061100- LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- 1228 AM EDT TUE APR 6 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE M-59 CORRIDOR. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 53 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT WILL BE LARGE HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS FROM THE I-69 CORRIDOR TO LAKE HURON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS A MOIST AIRMASS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT LINGERS OVER THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION HAS OCCURRED. MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-061100- MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER- ST. CLAIR- 1228 AM EDT TUE APR 6 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I 69 CORRIDOR. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT RAIN WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED ALTHOUGH SMALL HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS FROM THE I-69 CORRIDOR TO LAKE HURON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS A MOIST AIRMASS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT LINGERS OVER THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ361>363-421-422-441>443-462>464-061100- 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- 1228 AM EDT TUE APR 6 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE HURON AND LAKE ST CLAIR. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 53 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM FOR THE MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...THE DETROIT RIVER...AND LAKE ST CLAIR. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT WILL BE LARGE HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS FROM THE I-69 CORRIDOR TO LAKE HURON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS A MOIST AIRMASS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT LINGERS OVER THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION HAS OCCURRED. KEC YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT (ALL LOWER CASE).
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 101 AM EDT TUE APR 6 2010 MIZ068-060600- LIVINGSTON MI- 101 AM EDT TUE APR 6 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIVINGSTON COUNTY UNTIL 200 AM EDT... AT 1256 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF EATON RAPIDS TO JACKSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... PINCKNEY... FOWLERVILLE... HOWELL... BRIGHTON... HARTLAND... GREGORY... HAMBURG... OAK GROVE... COHOCTAH... PLAINFIELD... UNADILLA... PARKERS CORNERS... HELL... CONWAY TOWNSHIP... LAKELAND... CHILSON... ISLAND LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA... DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP... TYRONE TOWNSHIP... TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. DG
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 13 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:26 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning caused a house fire at a home near Duck Lake on Highland Court, leading to extensive electrical and roof damage.
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