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Tornado Watch 83
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 13, 2006, 3:51 AM EST for 7 counties in Michigan; 12 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2006, 3:51 AM EST (08:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2006, 10:58 AM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Henry County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
1 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 4:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Washtenaw | 38 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 55 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 96 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 130854
SEL3
SPC WW 130854
MIZ000-OHZ000-LEZ000-131600-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 83
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
350 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LOWER MICHIGAN
EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO
LAKE ERIE
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 350 AM UNTIL 1100 AM EST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MOUNT
CLEMENS MICHIGAN TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF TOLEDO OHIO. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 77...WW 78...WW 79...WW
80...WW 81...WW 82...
DISCUSSION...SURFACE WARM FRONT IS LOCATED NEAR THE SRN LOWER MI/OH
BORDER AND WILL SHIFT NWD DURING THE MORNING AS THE SURFACE LOW IN
ERN IA MOVES NEWD INTO SRN WI. ALTHOUGH THE BOUNDARY LAYER IS
SOMEWHAT STABLE...DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND ELEVATED INSTABILITY ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...THE
BOUNDARY LAYER WILL GRADUALLY DESTABILIZE AS THE WARM FRONT MOVES
NWD WITH AN INCREASING THREAT FOR TORNADOES DURING THE MORNING.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
...IMYSPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 11:39 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Branch, Cass, Saint Joseph | 96 min |
| Mar 13, 12:23 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:16 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Bay, Branch, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton and 26 more | 89 min |
| Mar 13, 8:57 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Marquette and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:39 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Clinton, Eaton and 20 more | 66 min |
| Mar 13, 10:44 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Branch, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Genesee and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:19 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lapeer, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Wayne | 56 min |
| Mar 13, 11:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Auglaize, Brown and 64 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:13 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Belmont, Brown and 68 more | 92 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.