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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Detroit, MI

June 14, 2000Monroe County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2000, 3:37 PM EDT for Monroe County, Michigan. It was in force for 23 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 14, 2000, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2000, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 14, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 2000-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 50 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 2000-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 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
50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1457 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

408 
WUUS53 KDTX 141937
SVRDTX
MIC115-142000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
337 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CONE...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF ADRIAN...
  MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  JUST SOUTH OF MILAN AT 345 PM

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH...AND 
HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. A WIND GUST TO 60 MPH IS CAPABLE OF 
PUSHING OVER SHALLOW ROOTED TREES...AND BREAKING OFF TREE LIMBS 
ABOUT THE SIZE OF YOUR WRIST. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM 
HAS PASSED.

BT JZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWayne38 min
Jun 14, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMacomb38 min
Jun 14, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLenawee36 min
Jun 14, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMacomb57 min
Jun 14, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee67 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.