NWS Detroit/Pontiac MISV.W 0109September 2, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Washtenaw and Wayne, MI
The National Weather Service office in Detroit/Pontiac issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Washtenaw and Wayne in Michigan, which was in force until 12:00 a.m. local time on September 3. It was the 109th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Detroit/Pontiac issued in 2026. Michigan had 43 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 26 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Michigan's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
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The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Detroit/Pontiac MI
- Area
- Washtenaw and Wayne
- State
- Michigan
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 10:47 p.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- Expires
- 12:00 a.m. EDT, September 3, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KDTX SV.W 0109
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRDTX The National Weather Service in Detroit/Pontiac has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Wayne County in southeastern Michigan... Washtenaw County in southeastern Michigan... * Until midnight EDT. * At 1046 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Detroit Zoo to near Novi to near Hamburg, moving southeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Livonia, Northville, and Whitmore Lake around 1050 PM EDT. Salem around 1055 PM EDT. Grosse Pointe and Detroit around 1100 PM EDT. Downtown Detroit, Canton, Dearborn, and Belle Isle around 1110 PM EDT. Greenfield Village around 1120 PM EDT. Taylor and Romulus around 1130 PM EDT. Wyandotte around 1135 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Whittaker, Melvindale, Gibraltar, Hudson Mills Metropark, New Boston, Delhi Mills, Pleasant Lake, Rockwood, Harper Woods, and Westland. People attending Saline Community Fair should seek safe shelter immediately!
What the agency told people to do
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay away from windows.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan since 2008301 a year
- Every warning type in Michigan
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
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- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels