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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Northern Indiana

July 29, 1996Defiance County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1996, 10:36 AM EDT for Defiance County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued
Jul 29, 1996, 10:36 AM EDT (14:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 1996, 11:15 AM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County Defiance County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 1996-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 361 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 1996-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
361 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
823 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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