NWS Detroit/Pontiac MITO.W 0026September 3, 2026
Tornado Warning: Monroe, MI
The National Weather Service office in Detroit/Pontiac issued a tornado warning for Monroe in Michigan, which was in force until 5:00 p.m. local time on September 3. It was the 26th tornado warning the NWS office in Detroit/Pontiac issued in 2026. Michigan had 11 tornado warnings in September 2026, against 2 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Michigan's tornado warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 48 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Detroit/Pontiac MI
- Area
- Monroe
- State
- Michigan
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:12 p.m. EDT, September 3, 2026
- Expires
- 5:00 p.m. EDT, September 3, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Extreme, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KDTX TO.W 0026
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Tornado Warnings in Michigan since 2008Every warning type in Michigan
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The notice as issued
TORDTX The National Weather Service in Detroit/Pontiac has issued a * Tornado Warning for... Monroe County in southeastern Michigan... * Until 500 PM EDT. * At 412 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Maybee, or near Carleton, moving southeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...Tornado. SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely. * This dangerous storm will be near... Monroe and Carleton around 415 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Newport, Cone, Estral Beach, South Rockwood, Woodland Beach, Stony Point, Bolles Harbor, Azalia, Scofield, and Oakville. This includes the following highways... I-75 between mile markers 9 and 26. I-275 between mile markers 1 and 7. US-23 between mile markers 13 and 25.
What the agency told people to do
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.