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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Detroit, MI

June 26, 1993Monroe County, Wayne County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1993, 6:44 AM EDT for Monroe County, Wayne County, Michigan. It was in force for 11 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1993, 6:44 AM EDT (10:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1993, 6:55 AM EDT
In force
11 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Monroe County, MI, Wayne County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 1993-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 170 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 1993-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.