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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Detroit, MI

July 28, 2000Wayne County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2000, 5:52 PM EDT for Wayne County, Michigan. It was in force for 38 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
Jul 28, 2000, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2000, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, MI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 28, 6:25 PM EDTHail 0.75Livonia, 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 2000-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 343 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 2000-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
343 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
705 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

793 
WUUS53 KDTX 282152
SVRDTX
MIC163-282230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
552 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 551 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP...OR 13 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF ANN ARBOR...NEARLY STATIONARY.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN NEAR...
  NORTHVILLE...PLYMOUTH THROUGH 615 PM EDT

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.
HAIL OF THIS SIZE MAY DAMAGE WINDOWS...ALUMINUM SIDING...OR
VEHICLES...IF ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WIND GUSTS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM
WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

DJF JZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLapeer44 min
Jul 27, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLapeer38 min
Jul 27, 10:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXTuscola38 min
Jul 27, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee49 min
Jul 28, 5:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLapeer38 min
Jul 28, 6:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee38 min
Jul 28, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXShiawassee53 min
Jul 28, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWashtenaw60 min
Jul 28, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLenawee43 min
Jul 28, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWashtenaw45 min
Jul 28, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXOakland50 min
Jul 28, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaint Clair, Sanilac41 min
Jul 28, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWayne48 min
Jul 28, 6:27 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXSaint Clair48 min
Jul 28, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSanilac45 min
Jul 28, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXOakland42 min
Jul 28, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMacomb66 min
Jul 28, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLapeer44 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.