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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Marquette, MI

July 14, 1995Menominee County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1995, 4:13 PM CDT for Menominee County, Michigan. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1995, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1995, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Menominee County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 125 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1995-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3957 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1995-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3957 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-171 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1478 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 10:29 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 14, 11:51 AM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE, MI
1251 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 1995

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0950 AM     ONTONAGON                 MI   WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    ONTONAGON                      DOCK BLOWN AWAY

0555 AM     ONTONAGON                 MI   WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    ONTONAGON                      TREES DOWN ON CARS

1000 AM     CHASSELL                  MI   WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    ONTONAGON                      TREES DOWN 70 MPH GUST

1030 AM     GREENLAND                 MI   WIND DAMAGE
07/12/95    ONTONAGON                      NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

1000-1030   HIGHWAYS M38/M64           MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    ONTONAGON/HOUGHTON               TREES ACROSS ROADS

1030 AM     HANCOCK                    MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    HOUGHTON                         NEWS STAND BLOWN AWAY

1032 AM     TOIVOLA                    MI    HEAVY RAIN/WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    HOUGHTON                         AUTO ACCIDENT/TREES DOWN

1034 AM     CHASSELL                   MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    HOUGHTON                         TREES DOWN 70 MPH GUSTS

1043 AM     L/ANSE                     MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    BARAGA                           TREES DOWN POWER OUTAGES

1115 AM     REPUBLIC                   MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    MARQUETTTE                       FLAGPOLE BENT/LARGE POTTED
                                             PLANT BLOWN AWAY
1135 AM     NEAR GWINN                 MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    MARQUETTE                        TREES DOWN ON ROAD
1157 AM     MUNISING                   MI    3 FUNNELS SIGHTED
07/13/95    LAKE SUPERIOR                    OVER LAKE SUPERIOR

12 NOON     EAST OF FOSTER CITY       MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    MENOMINEE                       TREES DOWN

1210 AM     MAPLE HILL                MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    DELTA                           TREES DOWN ACROSS ROADS

1211 PM     GLADSTONE                 MI    WIND
07/13/95    DELTA                           58 MPH GUST

1254 PM     WEST OF CURTIS            MI    WIND
07/13/95    SCHOOLCRAFT                     67 MPH GUST

...ADDITIONAL REPORTS...

0930 AM     BESSEMER                  MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    GOGEBIC                         LARGE TREE DOWN
                                            HAM RADIO ANTENNA BENT

1035 AM     KENTON                    MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    HOUGHTON                        TREES DOWN

DAO
Local storm report, Jul 14, 11:52 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE, MI
1251 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 1995

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0950 AM     ONTONAGON                 MI   WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    ONTONAGON                      DOCK BLOWN AWAY

0555 AM     ONTONAGON                 MI   WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    ONTONAGON                      TREES DOWN ON CARS

1000 AM     CHASSELL                  MI   WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    ONTONAGON                      TREES DOWN 70 MPH GUST

1030 AM     GREENLAND                 MI   WIND DAMAGE
07/12/95    ONTONAGON                      NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

1000-1030   HIGHWAYS M38/M64           MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    ONTONAGON/HOUGHTON               TREES ACROSS ROADS

1030 AM     HANCOCK                    MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    HOUGHTON                         NEWS STAND BLOWN AWAY

1032 AM     TOIVOLA                    MI    HEAVY RAIN/WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    HOUGHTON                         AUTO ACCIDENT/TREES DOWN

1034 AM     CHASSELL                   MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    HOUGHTON                         TREES DOWN 70 MPH GUSTS

1043 AM     L/ANSE                     MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    BARAGA                           TREES DOWN POWER OUTAGES

1115 AM     REPUBLIC                   MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    MARQUETTTE                       FLAGPOLE BENT/LARGE POTTED
                                             PLANT BLOWN AWAY
1135 AM     NEAR GWINN                 MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    MARQUETTE                        TREES DOWN ON ROAD
1157 AM     MUNISING                   MI    3 FUNNELS SIGHTED
07/13/95    LAKE SUPERIOR                    OVER LAKE SUPERIOR

12 NOON     EAST OF FOSTER CITY       MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    MENOMINEE                       TREES DOWN

1210 AM     MAPLE HILL                MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    DELTA                           TREES DOWN ACROSS ROADS

1211 PM     GLADSTONE                 MI    WIND
07/13/95    DELTA                           58 MPH GUST

1254 PM     WEST OF CURTIS            MI    WIND
07/13/95    SCHOOLCRAFT                     67 MPH GUST

...ADDITIONAL REPORTS...

0930 AM     BESSEMER                  MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    GOGEBIC                         LARGE TREE DOWN
                                            HAM RADIO ANTENNA BENT

1035 AM     KENTON      4              MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/13/95    HOUGHTON                        TREES DOWN

DAO
Local storm report, Jul 14, 12:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE, MI
133 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 1995

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1019 AM     HANCOCK                   MI   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95    HOUGHTON                       55 MPH GUST LARGE LIMBS
                                           BROKEN

1025 AM     DOLLAR BAY                MI   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95    HOUGHTON                       HIGHWAY M26 CLOSED
                                           TREES DOWN/POWER OUT

1030 AM     HOUGHTON                  MI   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95    HOUGHTON                       TREES/POWER LINES DOWN

1035 AM     BUMBLETOWN                MI   WIND
07/14/95    KEWEENAW                       67 MPH GUST
1039 AM     LAKE LINDEN                MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95    HOUGHTON                         TREES DOWN ALONG
                                             POST ROAD

DAO
Local storm report, Jul 14, 12:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE, MI
133 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 1995

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1019 AM     HANCOCK                   MI   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95    HOUGHTON                       55 MPH GUST LARGE LIMBS
                                           BROKEN

1025 AM     DOLLAR BAY                MI   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95    HOUGHTON                       HIGHWAY M26 CLOSED
                                           TREES DOWN/POWER OUT

1030 AM     HOUGHTON                  MI   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95    HOUGHTON                       TREES/POWER LINES DOWN

1035 AM     BUMBLETOWN                MI   WIND
07/14/95    KEWEENAW                       67 MPH GUST
1039 AM     LAKE LINDEN                MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95    HOUGHTON                         TREES DOWN ALONG
                                             POST ROAD

DAO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 8:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTOntonagon43 min
Jul 14, 9:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTHoughton52 min
Jul 14, 9:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTKeweenaw45 min
Jul 14, 5:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMQTMenominee27 min
Jul 14, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTGogebic, Iron56 min
Jul 14, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningMQTGogebic, Iron58 min
Jul 14, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMQTIron, Marquette43 min
Jul 14, 6:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMQTIron45 min
Jul 14, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTMarquette62 min
Jul 14, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTDickinson60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.