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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Detroit, MI

June 10, 2001Saginaw County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2001, 9:25 PM EDT for Saginaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2001, 9:25 PM EDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2001, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Saginaw County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 2001-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 801 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 2001-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
801 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1088 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

050 
WFUS53 KDTX 110125
TORDTX
MIC145-110215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
925 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SAGINAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 923 PM EDT...A TORNADO AS INDICATED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT 
  WAS LOCATED OVER FOSTERS...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF SAGINAW...MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BRIDGEPORT AT 930 PM EDT
  BIRCH RUN AT 940 PM EDT
  FRANKENMUTH AT 945 PM EDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID
WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4337 8408 4321 8403 4325 8372 4342 8370

BT

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 9:46 PM EDTTornado WarningDTXTuscola44 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.