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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Detroit, MI

June 30, 1998Lapeer County, Oakland County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1998, 2:22 AM EDT for Lapeer County, Oakland County, Michigan. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 1998, 2:22 AM EDT (06:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1998, 3:15 AM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lapeer County, MI, Oakland County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 20 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 1998-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-1 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
Jun 30, 12:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWashtenaw38 min
Jun 30, 12:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMonroe56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.