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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Detroit, MI

August 26, 2014Livingston County, Shiawassee County, Washtenaw County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2014, 3:26 PM EDT for Livingston County, Shiawassee County, Washtenaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 64 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 26, 2014, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2014, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Livingston County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 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 12:00Z on 2014-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 91 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 12:00Z on 2014-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
91 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-226 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 26, 2:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 2:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 3:18 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
318 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2014

MIZ060-068-262000-
LIVINGSTON-SHIAWASSEE-
318 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

AT 314 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES WEST OF
LAINGSBURG TO 31 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOWLERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.

WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LAINGSBURG BY 330 PM EDT...
  PERRY AND MORRICE BY 340 PM EDT...
  OWOSSO AND GREGORY BY 345 PM EDT...
  FOWLERVILLE AND BANCROFT BY 350 PM EDT...
  NEW LOTHROP AND OAK GROVE BY 355 PM EDT...
  BRIGHTON BY 400 PM EDT...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL
THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

SF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 3:55 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryDTX18 hr
Aug 26, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee, Oakland73 min
Aug 26, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX57 min
Aug 26, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWashtenaw, Wayne64 min
Aug 26, 4:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDTXWashtenaw, Wayne3 hr
Aug 26, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX65 min
Aug 26, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMacomb, Saint Clair55 min
Aug 26, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.