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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Detroit, MI

August 13, 1995Bay County, Midland County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1995, 3:15 PM EDT for Bay County, Midland County, Michigan. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 1995, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1995, 3:51 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bay County, MI, Midland County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 1995-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 698 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 1995-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
698 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 9:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXOtsego42 min
Aug 13, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXBay, Midland, Saginaw52 min
Aug 13, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXRoscommon48 min
Aug 13, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSanilac59 min
Aug 13, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaint Clair, Sanilac65 min
Aug 13, 4:10 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXSaint Clair, Sanilac35 min
Aug 13, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaginaw45 min
Aug 13, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaint Clair35 min
Aug 13, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMonroe, Wayne53 min
Aug 13, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLenawee45 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.