ALL RIGHT. WELL, THIS IS A 4WARN WEATHER ALERT DAY AND I WANT TO START WITH EXACT TRACK 40 RADAR
WHERE WE ARE FOLLOWING NOT ONLY
A TORNADO WATCH ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN, BUT TWO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS. SO
STARTING WITH LIVINGSTON COUNTY
, THIS ONE IS SET TO LIFT AT 12
45 THIS AFTERNOON. BUT THEN, AS
YOU LOOK AT JACKSON COUNTY THAT
ONE WILL BE AROUND UNTIL ONE
O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. SO
LET’S GO AHEAD, PUT OUR STORM
TRACK AROUND BECAUSE THE CELL
THAT’S MOVING THROUGH LIVINGSTON
COUNTY IS PUSHING UP TO THE
NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 75 MPH. AND
SO THIS IS THE LINE THAT WE ARE
LOOKING AT FOR LYNDON ABOUT 12
30. THIS COULD REACH FENTON AT
12 33 GRAND BLANKET 12 39 AND
THE FLINT AREA AT 12 41 WITH
THAT KIND OF MOTION. YOU KIND OF
ANTICIPATE THAT WE’RE GOING TO
START TO SEE THIS IN
SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN AND MORE
OF THIS BACK SOUTHERLY EDGE OF
THE LINE THAT’S ROLLING THROUGH
THE AREA, EVENTUALLY MAKING ITS
WAY TOWARDS JACKSON COUNTY. SO
LET’S GO AHEAD AND PUT OUR STORM
TRACKER ON FORT JACKSON COUNTY,
TOO, BECAUSE THIS ONE IS MOVING
JUST A LITTLE BIT SLOWER. THAT
ONE’S MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST.
AT ABOUT 55 MPH. SO YOU WANT TO
BE WHETHER AWARE, ESPECIALLY
UNTIL FOUR O’CLOCK IN THE
AFTERNOON BECAUSE THAT’S WHEN
THE SEVERE THREAT CONTINUES TO
GO TO WITH OUR TORNADO WATCH FOR
ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN, SO
MONROE COUNTY STRETCHING UP
TOWARDS SANTA LACK WILL HAVE
THAT SEVERE THREAT THROUGH ABOUT
FOUR O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON AT
THIS TORNADO WATCH, THEN BECOMES
A TORNADO WARNING, WHICH IS
ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE. TALK TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT
WHERE TO GO, ESPECIALLY IF
THEY’RE COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL
THIS AFTERNOON, AND SO INNER
PART OF YOUR HOME LIKE THE
HALLWAY, A CLOSET OR THE STAIRS
WOULD BE A SAFE PLACE TO GO. YOU
WANT TO AVOID WINDOWS, DOORS AND
OUTSIDE WALLS AND COVER YOURSELF
WITH BLANKETS OR MATTRESSES.
IT’S NOT EVEN A BAD IDEA IF
THERE IS A TORNADO THREAT,
IMMINENT TO GRAB THE BIKE HELMET
AND GIVE IT TO YOUR CHILD,
BECAUSE THAT’S GOING TO PROTECT
THEIR HEAD IF THERE WAS ANY KIND
OF FLYING DEBRIS. AND THE SAFEST
PLACE TO BE. IS THE BASEMENT THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME. BUT
IF YOU DON’T HAVE A BASEMENT,
THE INTERIOR PLACES THE SAFEST
OR IF YOU’RE IN A HIGH RISE, GO
TO THE LOWEST LEVEL IN A
STAIRWELL. SO SOME TORNADO
SAFETY TIPS FOR YOU AS WE ARE
GEARING UP FOR A POTENTIALLY
ACTIVE AFTERNOON RIGHT NOW, THIS
IS A LIVE LOOK AT DOWNTOWN
DETROIT, WHERE THE SKIES ARE
STARTING TO TURN A LITTLE
OMINOUS. WE SIT AT 74 DEGREES.
THAT’S MORE THAN 20 DEGREES
ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF
YEAR, AND WHEN WE LOOK AT
DEWPOINTS AS METEOROLOGIST
THAT’S MEASURING THE AMOUNT OF
MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE, AND
SO WHEN WE GET INTO THE LOW SIX
SEES THAT SHOWS US THAT THERE
ARE INGREDIENTS OUT THERE THAT
ARE VERY UNSTABLE. THAT WOULD BE
CONDUCIVE TO SOME STORMS FIRING
OFF, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU PAIR
THAT WITH WARM TEMPERATURES LIKE
THIS. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDSOR
SUSTAINED AT 25 MPH OUT THERE,
SO IT IS BREEZY AND THOSE GUSTS
AND SOME OF THE POCKETS OF CELLS
THAT WE ARE TRACKING COULD
POTENTIALLY REACH ABOUT 60 MPH
AND THOSE WOULD BE SOME DAMAGING
WINDS. SO RIGHT NOW WE’RE
LOOKING AT TEMPERATURES IN THE
UPPER SIXTIES TO OUR NORTH 68
PORT HURON LAPIERRE 64 63 FLINT
, BUT MID SEVENTIES AS YOU GET
INTO MONROE COUNTY AND OFTEN TO
LET AWAY COUNTY 74, METRO AND
SAME IN ANN ARBOR THAT’S ABOUT
20 DEGREES WARMER THAN WHERE WE
WERE AT NOON YESTERDAY, BUT I’M
GOING TO ZOOM OUT TO SHOW YOU
WHERE THIS COLD FRONT IS BECAUSE
IT’S AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT
THAT ALL THESE STORMS ARE FIRING
OFF, BUT WE’RE GOING TO HAVE
ANOTHER LINE OF SOME STORMS
LATER THIS EVENING AS THIS FRONT
PASSES THROUGH JUST NOT LOOKING
LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE AS SEVERE
AS THE ONE WE’RE CONTENDING WITH
RIGHT NOW. SO YOU GET WEST OF
CHICAGO 33 DEGREES. I MEAN, WE
HAVE 32 UP IN DULUTH AND SO
SUBSTANTIALLY COLDER AIR,
CLASHING WITH THE WARM, MOIST
AIR MASS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN
LOWER MICHIGAN IN THE WAKE OF
WARM FRONT THAT LIFTED NORTH
THIS MORNING. CLOUDS AND RADAR
SHOWING. THAT WILL BE PRETTY
CLOUDY AROUND TWO O’CLOCK, AND
SO I THINK MOST OF WHAT WE’RE
DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW. THAT’S
OFF TOWARDS HOWELL AND JACKSON.
THAT’S GOING TO PUSH UP TO THE
NORTHEAST. SO WHAT WE ARE
STARTING TO SEE IS MORE OF THAT
SOUTHERN PART OF THE LINE MOVING
INTO LEN AWAY MONROE COUNTY’S
EVEN WASHING ALL WAYNE COUNTIES
AROUND THREE O’CLOCK THIS
AFTERNOON. STILL IN THAT WINDOW
TILL ABOUT FOUR, WE’LL HAVE SOME
NUISANCE SHOWERS STICKING AROUND
FOR THE EVENING RUSH HOUR DRIVE.
BUT BY SEVEN OR EIGHT O’CLOCK
THE LINE WITH THAT COLD FRONT
STARTS TO PUSH IN, BUT YOU CAN
SEE IT’S NOT AS IMPRESSIVE AS
THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE’RE
DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW WITH
THESE STORMS, SO YOUR FUTURE
FORECAST SHOWS THAT THE COOLER
AIR SETTLES IN FOR OPENING DAY
54 DEGREES FOR THE AFTERNOON
HIGH THAT SEASONAL IT’LL BE A
LITTLE WINDY, BUT SUNNY ALL THE
WAY THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.