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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Northern Indiana

September 12, 1996Defiance County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 1996, 1:15 AM EDT for Defiance County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Sep 12, 1996, 1:15 AM EDT (05:15 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 1996, 1:45 AM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County Defiance County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 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 00:00Z on 1996-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 298 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 1996-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 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
298 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.