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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

July 16, 1995Jackson County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1995, 6:12 PM EDT for Jackson County, Michigan. It was in force for 28 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 1995, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 1995, 6:40 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 1995-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 62 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 1995-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 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
62 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1047 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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