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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Detroit, MI

May 7, 2004Wayne County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2004, 12:11 AM EDT for Wayne County, Michigan. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2004, 12:11 AM EDT (04:11 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2004, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wayne County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 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
May 6, 10:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 2004-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1012 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2004-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1012 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDTX 070411
SVRDTX
MIC163-070500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1211 AM EDT FRI MAY 7 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT

* AT 1208 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO ONE
  INCH IN DIAMETER. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 10 MILES WEST OF LIVONIA TO 16 MILES WEST OF ROMULUS...MOVING
  EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LIVONIA BY 1220 AM EDT
  ROMULUS BY 1225 AM EDT
  DEARBORN BY 1230 AM EDT
  DOWNTOWN DETROIT BY 1240 AM EDT

TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4243 8354 4214 8354 4217 8321 4230 8309
          4245 8289

$$

GSS /

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 10:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLenawee65 min
May 6, 10:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMonroe55 min
May 6, 11:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX65 min
May 6, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWashtenaw62 min
May 7, 12:28 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX62 min
May 7, 2:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLenawee65 min
May 7, 2:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWashtenaw55 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.