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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Detroit, MI

September 28, 1986Wayne County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Sep 28, 1986, 1:53 AM EDT for Wayne County, Michigan. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 28, 1986, 1:53 AM EDT (05:53 UTC)
Expired
Sep 28, 1986, 2:45 AM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne 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 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 00:00Z on 1986-09-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1491 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1986-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1491 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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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.