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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Detroit, MI

April 15, 1994Genesee County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 11:23 AM EDT for Genesee County, Michigan. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1994, 11:23 AM EDT (15:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1994, 12:11 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Genesee County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 1994-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1973 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 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
Apr 15, 9:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXRoscommon26 min
Apr 15, 10:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw42 min
Apr 15, 10:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLivingston51 min
Apr 15, 11:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLivingston, Oakland, Washtenaw64 min
Apr 15, 11:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLapeer67 min
Apr 15, 12:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMacomb, Saint Clair60 min

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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.