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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Detroit, MI

August 3, 2006Livingston County, Washtenaw County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2006, 9:44 AM EDT for Livingston County, Washtenaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 60 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
Aug 3, 2006, 9:44 AM EDT (13:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2006, 10:44 AM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Livingston County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:47 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
Aug 3, 9:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC2 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 333 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2006-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 364 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2006-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 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
364 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1317 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Detroit, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 3, 7:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 7:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX45 min
Aug 2, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLapeer65 min
Aug 2, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMidland47 min
Aug 2, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSaint Clair, Sanilac76 min
Aug 2, 8:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX61 min
Aug 2, 9:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXShiawassee53 min
Aug 2, 10:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLivingston61 min
Aug 2, 10:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee45 min
Aug 2, 10:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXOakland51 min
Aug 2, 10:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLapeer38 min
Aug 2, 10:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningDTXLapeer, Saint Clair, Sanilac3 hr
Aug 2, 11:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX60 min
Aug 3, 10:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXShiawassee44 min
Aug 3, 10:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXOakland48 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.