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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Detroit, MI

May 17, 1992Sanilac County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1992, 3:56 PM EDT for Sanilac County, Michigan. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 1992, 3:56 PM EDT (19:56 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1992, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Sanilac County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 1992-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 203 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 1992-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 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
203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1252 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee, Saginaw, Tuscola54 min
May 17, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLenawee32 min
May 17, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee, Lapeer43 min
May 17, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMonroe40 min
May 17, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee, Lapeer47 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.