Weather Alert in Michigan
Special Weather Statement issued August 23 at 7:47PM EDT by NWS Detroit/Pontiac MI
AREAS AFFECTED: Livingston; Oakland; Macomb; Washtenaw; Wayne
DESCRIPTION: At 747 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from West Bloomfield to near Salem to near Dexter. Movement was east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Strong thunderstorms will be near... Ann Arbor, Livonia, Southfield, Novi, Canton, Birmingham, Northville, and Dixboro around 750 PM EDT. Troy, Ypsilanti, and Royal Oak around 755 PM EDT. Dearborn and Detroit Zoo around 800 PM EDT. Warren, Romulus, Sterling Heights, and Greenfield Village around 805 PM EDT. Taylor, Detroit, and Belleville around 810 PM EDT. St. Clair Shores, Downtown Detroit, Wyandotte, and Belle Isle around 820 PM EDT. Grosse Pointe around 825 PM EDT. Trenton around 835 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by these storms include Franklin, Keego Harbor, Melvindale, Harper Woods, Westland, Pleasant Ridge, Grosse Pointe Shores, Huntington Woods, Wolverine Lake, and Woodhaven. People attending Clawson Fest , Novi Taco Fest and Art , Freedom Hill Amphitheatre , and Comerica Park should seek safe shelter immediately!
INSTRUCTION: If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?
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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that
may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to
the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.
In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for
precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface.
When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga.
Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog
and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which
constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.
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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?
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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front
of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.
A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing
storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen.
As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it,
because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud,
it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.
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