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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Detroit, MI

August 13, 1995Saint Clair County, Sanilac County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Aug 13, 1995, 4:10 PM EDT for Saint Clair County, Sanilac County, Michigan. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 1995, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1995, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Saint Clair County, MI, Sanilac County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 82 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°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 text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDTX 132011
TORDTX
MIC147-151-132045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT PONTIAC MI
410 PM EDT SUN AUG 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MICHIGAN
 
   ...SOUTHERN SANILAC AND NORTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES
 
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF THE COUNTIES
JUST MENTIONED.
 
AT 410 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDESTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO IN SOUTHERN SANILAC COUNTY 8 MILES WEST OF CROSWELL
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN
SANILAC AND NORTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES BETWEEN CROSWELL...YALE AND
LAKEPORT THROUGH 445 PM.
 
THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WARNINGS FOR THESE COUNTIES.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHEL8TER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
BT

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, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXBay, Midland36 min
Aug 13, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaint Clair, Sanilac65 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

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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.