Five tornado warnings were issued by my local National Weather Service office last night! Here's a sample of one:
A tornado was reported to be on the ground somewhere between Milan and Maybee. When I was looking out to see what was going on, it was raining so hard I could not even see my backyard from inside! The downriver communites and northern Monroe County communities sounded their sirens several times for a few minutes, including at 10:20 PM.000
WFUS53 KDTX 240205
TORDTX
MIC115-161-163-240300-
/O.NEW.KDTX.TO.W.0011.100624T0205Z-100624T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1005 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...
SOUTHEASTERN WASHTENAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...
SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 1002 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MILAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
OAKVILLE AND WHITTAKER AROUND 1010 PM EDT.
WILLIS AND MAYBEE AROUND 1015 PM EDT.
SUMPTER TOWNSHIP AND SCOFIELD AROUND 1020 PM EDT.
WALTZ AND WILLOW AROUND 1025 PM EDT.
FLAT ROCK AROUND 1035 PM EDT.
WOODHAVEN AND ROCKWOOD AROUND 1040 PM EDT.
THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
WYANDOTTE... WILLIS... TRENTON...
TAYLOR... SALINE... ROMULUS...
MILAN... MAYBEE... GROSSE ILE...
FLAT ROCK... CARLETON... BELLEVILLE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4208 8378 4209 8380 4217 8382 4226 8312
4222 8311 4217 8311 4217 8313 4213 8313
4208 8315 4206 8318 4202 8318 4199 8378
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 269DEG 32KT 4210 8367
$$
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