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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Detroit, MI

July 18, 1986Roscommon County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 18, 1986, 5:00 PM EDT for Roscommon County, Michigan. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 1986, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 1986, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Roscommon 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 1986-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1483 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 1986-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 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
1483 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.1

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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
Jul 18, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXRoscommon60 min
Jul 18, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXHuron66 min
Jul 18, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSanilac, Tuscola38 min
Jul 18, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXHuron, Sanilac, Tuscola63 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.