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Frost Advisory 5, NWS Detroit, MI

October 11, 20149 counties in Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this frost advisory at Oct 11, 2014, 3:09 PM EDT for 9 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Oct 12, 2014, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 11, 2014, 3:09 PM EDT (19:09 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 12, 2014, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 12, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI

Counties Genesee County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 2014-10-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-10-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -130 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 11, 3:09 PM EDTFreeze WarningDTXBay, Huron, Lapeer, Midland, Saginaw, Saint Clair and 2 more17 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Michigan, 2014Every frost advisory in 2014

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.