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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Detroit, MI

November 10, 20194 counties in Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this winter storm warning at Nov 10, 2019, 3:11 PM EST for 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Nov 11, 2019, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 30 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 2019, 3:11 PM EST (20:11 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 11, 2019, 4:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 12, 2019, 10:08 AM EST
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI

Counties Huron County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Tuscola County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2019-11-10Temperature 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 2019-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 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
Nov 10, 3:02 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchDTXHuron, Saint Clair, Sanilac, Tuscola12 hr
Nov 10, 3:10 AM ESTLakeshore Flood AdvisoryDTXBay, Huron, Saint Clair, Sanilac, Tuscola61 hr
Nov 10, 3:38 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryDTX60 hr
Nov 10, 3:11 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryDTXBay, Genesee, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb and 8 more36 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.