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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Detroit, MI

August 16, 1988Oakland County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 1988, 11:20 AM EDT for Oakland County, Michigan. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 1988, 11:20 AM EDT (15:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1988, 11:45 AM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Oakland 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 8 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 1988-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 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 1988-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-487 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 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
Aug 16, 8:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXRoscommon60 min
Aug 16, 8:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXOgemaw60 min
Aug 16, 9:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGladwin60 min
Aug 16, 9:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXClare65 min
Aug 16, 11:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXOtsego55 min
Aug 16, 12:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXCrawford60 min
Aug 16, 12:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXOgemaw54 min
Aug 16, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGladwin60 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.