A few strong to severe thunderstorms moved through Lake St. Clair.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS DTX wrote it up.
A few strong to severe thunderstorms moved through Lake St. Clair.
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 Jul 19, 2:30 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 347 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-200800- MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER- ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- 347 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER TO OCCUR IS BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH AND ONE INCH HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF M-59 ON SATURDAY. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DISPATCHERS PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGERS IMMEDIATELY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ361>363-421-422-441>443-462>464-200800- 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- 347 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE HURON AND LAKE ST CLAIR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH...INCLUDING SAGINAW BAY THROUGH THE EVENING. REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE FORECAST PRODUCTS FOR DETAILS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER TO OCCUR IS BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH AND ONE INCH HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO THE EAST AT 25 KNOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS LAKE ST CLAIR AND THE MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE ON SATURDAY. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL MARINE WATERS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DISPATCHERS PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGERS IMMEDIATELY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MR YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT (ALL LOWER CASE).
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</html>The Detroit radar (KDTX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:39 UTC.
5 marine thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm which blew down a tree moved across the Lake St. Clair River.
A thunderstorm which blew down tree limbs move into Lake St. Clair.
A thunderstorm which blew down a small tree moved into St. Clair River.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Lake St. Clair in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather history
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 468075, 468063, 468083, 468082, 469989.