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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Detroit, MI

May 31, 1998Huron County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 1:33 AM EDT for Huron County, Michigan. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 1998, 1:33 AM EDT (05:33 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1998, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Huron County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 31, 1:40 AM EDTHail 0.75Ruth, MI

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 1998-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 1998-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 287 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1457 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
466 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 12:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXTuscola41 min
May 31, 5:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMidland53 min
May 31, 5:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXBay, Saginaw, Shiawassee64 min
May 31, 6:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLenawee, Livingston, Washtenaw54 min
May 31, 6:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee, Tuscola57 min
May 31, 6:25 AM EDTTornado WarningDTXGenesee, Shiawassee60 min
May 31, 6:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXHuron, Lapeer, Sanilac59 min
May 31, 6:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXOakland59 min
May 31, 6:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMacomb, Saint Clair, Wayne57 min
May 31, 6:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMonroe57 min
May 31, 6:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLenawee, Washtenaw56 min
May 31, 6:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLivingston56 min
May 31, 7:33 AM EDTTornado WarningDTXMacomb, Wayne42 min
May 31, 8:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMonroe34 min
May 31, 12:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWayne44 min
May 31, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLenawee40 min
May 31, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMonroe65 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.