Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1997, 6:06 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Menominee County, Michigan. It was in force for 59 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1997, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1997, 7:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dickinson County, MI, Menominee County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 6:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Faithorn, MI | Top 3/4 of tree, 12 inches in diameter, broke off near Faithorn. |
| Jun 24, 6:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Kingsford, MI | Tree fell across Maple Street in Kingsford. |
| Jun 24, 7:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Iron Mtn, MI | 16 inch diameter tree snapped off. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1072 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMQT 242307 RRA SVRMQT MIC043-109-250005- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 706 PM EDT (606 PM CDT) TUE JUN 24 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DICKINSON COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN MENOMINEE COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN * UNTIL 705 PM CDT (805 PM EDT) * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED MENOMINEE STEPHENSON IRON MOUNTAIN SAGOLA * AT 605 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES WEST OF MENOMINEE AND 30 MILES SOUTH OF IRON MOUNTAIN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MILES AN HOUR. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. * THE STORMS WILL BE MENOMINEE AT 620 PM AND IRON MOUNTAIN AT 630 PM. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. FORRESTER
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.
NWS Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 24, 10:17 AM CDT, 7 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 10:17 AM CDT, 7 hours 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1100 AM EDT TUEN JUN 24 1997 CORRECTED FOR DATE MORNING UPDATE TO RAISE TEMPS A BIT AND EMPHASIZE GREATER THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVER HAIL DAMAGING WIND. SOUNDINGS FAIRLY MOIST THRU 500 MB THUS DOWNBURST AND HAIL THREAT MINIMAL AND MONSOON TYPE TSRA MORE LIKELY. DEWPOINTS IN LOW 70S TO MID 60S ACRS ENTR FA...APRCHG S/W...AND GRB LI -6...AND AFTN HEATING CLOSE TO 90...EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL TYPE STORMS WITH PRECIP AMTS .5 TO 1.0 30 MINUTES OR LESS. ONTONAGON STORM YESTERDAY PRODUCED .68 IN 15 MINUTES AND AIRMASS IS MORE MOISTURE LADEN TODAY. MACHOWSKI
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:25 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
MIZ001>006-009>013-250400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 625 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT. COUNTIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE GOGEBIC... ONTONAGON... HOUGHTON... KEWEENAW... IRON... DICKINSON... MENOMINEE... DELTA... MARQUETTE... AND ALGER. COMMUNITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE IRONWOOD... ONTONAGON... HOUGHTON... EAGLE RIVER... LANSE... IRON RIVER... IRON MOUNTAIN... MENOMINEE... ESCANABA... MARQUETTE... AND MUNISING. AT 620 PM EDT... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN EXTENDED FROM NEAR ANTIGO AND MERILL TO NEAR OSHKOSH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WATERSMEET... IRON RIVER... IRON MOUNTAIN... AND MENOMINEE AROUND 730 EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH ALONG WITH HAIL AND LIGHTNING. BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...MOVE QUICKLY TO SHELTER. JLB
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:28 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
MIZ001>006-009>013-250400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 625 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT. COUNTIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE GOGEBIC... ONTONAGON... HOUGHTON... KEWEENAW... IRON... DICKINSON... MENOMINEE... DELTA... MARQUETTE... AND ALGER. COMMUNITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE IRONWOOD... ONTONAGON... HOUGHTON... EAGLE RIVER... LANSE... IRON RIVER... IRON MOUNTAIN... MENOMINEE... ESCANABA... MARQUETTE... AND MUNISING. AT 620 PM EDT... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN EXTENDED FROM NEAR ANTIGO AND MERILL TO NEAR OSHKOSH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WATERSMEET... IRON RIVER... IRON MOUNTAIN... AND MENOMINEE fAROUND 730 EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH ALONG WITH HAIL AND LIGHTNING. BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...MOVE QUICKLY TO SHELTER. JLB
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.