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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Detroit, MI

July 5, 1992Lenawee County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 1992, 12:15 AM EDT for Lenawee County, Michigan. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1992, 12:15 AM EDT (04:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1992, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Lenawee County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 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 00:00Z on 1992-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 493 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 00:00Z on 1992-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
493 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.0

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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
Jul 4, 9:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWashtenaw, Wayne44 min
Jul 4, 9:38 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXWashtenaw52 min
Jul 5, 12:22 AM EDTTornado WarningDTXLenawee23 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.