Weather Alert in Michigan
Special Weather Statement issued August 28 at 6:11PM EDT by NWS Detroit/Pontiac MI
AREAS AFFECTED: Washtenaw; Wayne; Monroe
DESCRIPTION: At 610 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Wyandotte to near Ypsilanti to near Saline. Movement was southeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Strong thunderstorms will be near... Taylor, Romulus, Saline, Milan, Wyandotte, Trenton, Belleville, and Willis around 615 PM EDT. Flat Rock and Grosse Ile around 625 PM EDT. Dundee, Carleton, and Maybee around 635 PM EDT. Ida around 645 PM EDT. Monroe around 650 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by these storms include Newport, Melvindale, Whittaker, Gibraltar, New Boston, Erie, Woodland Beach, Stony Point, Pleasant Lake, and Bolles Harbor. People attending Saline Community Fair should seek safe shelter immediately!
INSTRUCTION: If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?
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A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped
hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.
When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area
of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical
gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific
to any geographic area.
Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole,
skypunch, and cloud hole.
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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?
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A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless,
smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud,
because it is thicker.
Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat
of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate
before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.
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