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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this frost advisory at Apr 26, 2016, 10:44 PM EDT for 7 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Apr 27, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2016, 10:44 PM EDT (02:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
Counties Genesee County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 381 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
- 435 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1038 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 3:53 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | DTX | 24 hr |
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.