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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Detroit, MI

October 23, 2020Lenawee County, Monroe County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 23, 2020, 2:28 PM EDT for Lenawee County, Monroe County, Michigan. It was in force for 31 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
Oct 23, 2020, 2:28 PM EDT (18:28 UTC)
Expired
Oct 23, 2020, 2:59 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lenawee County, MI, Monroe County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 23, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2020-10-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 268 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 2020-10-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
268 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
783 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 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 22, 10:04 PM EDTLakeshore Flood StatementDTXMacomb, Saint Clair20 hr
Oct 23, 12:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMidland, Saginaw, Shiawassee61 min
Oct 23, 1:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX54 min
Oct 23, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXBay51 min
Oct 23, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXHuron, Tuscola45 min
Oct 23, 1:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX48 min
Oct 23, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXShiawassee51 min
Oct 23, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXHuron49 min
Oct 23, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX2 hr
Oct 23, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLivingston61 min
Oct 23, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXGenesee54 min
Oct 23, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXTuscola39 min
Oct 23, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLapeer58 min
Oct 23, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX2 hr
Oct 23, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXOakland74 min
Oct 23, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXSanilac56 min
Oct 23, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX2 hr
Oct 23, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXLenawee81 min
Oct 23, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXMonroe, Washtenaw, Wayne58 min
Oct 23, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXMacomb, Saint Clair47 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.