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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Detroit, MI

July 29, 1994Monroe County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 29, 1994, 9:17 AM EDT for Monroe County, Michigan. It was in force for 18 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 1994, 9:17 AM EDT (13:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 1994, 9:35 AM EDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 1994-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 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 1994-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1002 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDTX 291316
TORDTX
MIC115-291345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT PONTIAC MI
917 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
 
   ...EASTERN MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 915 AM... SPOTTERS IN EASTERN MONROE COUNTY REPORTED A TORNADO 3
MILES NORTH OF LUNA PIER. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOBR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
WAGENMAKER
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 8:32 AM EDTTornado WarningDTXMonroe43 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.