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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Detroit, MI

May 6, 1986Lenawee County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1986, 11:56 AM EDT for Lenawee County, Michigan. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 1986, 11:56 AM EDT (15:56 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1986, 12:40 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Lenawee County, MI

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 106 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1986-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 358 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1986-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
358 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 11:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLivingston, Washtenaw44 min
May 6, 12:28 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXOakland, Wayne50 min
May 6, 12:58 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXMacomb, Saint Clair47 min
May 6, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLenawee, Monroe51 min
May 6, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMonroe35 min
May 6, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLenawee, Monroe38 min
May 6, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMonroe59 min
May 6, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee45 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.