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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Marquette, MI

July 14, 1995Gogebic County, Iron County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1995, 5:47 PM CDT for Gogebic County, Iron County, Michigan. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 14, 1995, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Marquette, MI
Area: Whole counties

Counties Gogebic County, MI, Iron County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 224 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMQT 142247
TORMQT
MIC053-071-142345-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
647 PM EDT (547 PM CDT) FRI JUL 14 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WEST UPPER MICHIGAN

   ...EASTERN GOGEBIC COUNTY
   ...WESTERN IRON COUNTY
 
AT 540 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED A TORNADO OVER PHELPS WISCONSIN...55
MILES SOUTHEAST OF IRONWOOD. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR. THE STORM WILL CROSS US HIGHWAY 2 AT BEECHWOOD AT 605 PM CDT
AND IRON RIVER AND MINERAL HILLS AT 615 PM CDT.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID
WINDOWS.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 14, 11:51 AM CDT, 5 hours 56 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, 5 hours 55 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, 5 hours 14 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, 5 hours 13 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

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
544 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 1995

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 787 IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL UPPER
MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DICKINSON...MENOMINEE...DELTA
AND SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES
IRON MOUNTAIN...MENOMINEE...ESCANABA AND MANISTIQUE.

AT 540 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
LARGE HAIL WAS MOVING THROUGH STEPHENSON. THE STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 15 MILES AND HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS.

KEEP LISTENING TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND WARNINGS.

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
544 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 1995

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 787 IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL UPPER
MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DICKINSON...MENOMINEE...DELTA
AND SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES
IRON MOUNTAIN...MENOMINEE...ESCANABA AND MANISTIQUE.

AT 540 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
LARGE HAIL WAS MOVING THROUGH STEPHENSON. THE STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 15 MILES AND HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS.

KEEP LISTENING TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND WARNINGS.

GFF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 8:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Ontonagon	43 min
Jul 14, 9:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Houghton	52 min
Jul 14, 9:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Keweenaw	45 min
Jul 14, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Menominee	62 min
Jul 14, 5:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MQT	Menominee	27 min
Jul 14, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Gogebic, Iron	56 min
Jul 14, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MQT	Iron, Marquette	43 min
Jul 14, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MQT	Iron	45 min
Jul 14, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Marquette	62 min
Jul 14, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Dickinson	60 min

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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.