Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Marquette, MI

July 17, 1997Marquette County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1997, 4:08 AM EDT for Marquette County, Michigan. It was in force for 62 min. 2 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: Jul 17, 1997, 4:08 AM EDT (08:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 1997, 5:10 AM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Marquette, MI
Area: Whole counties

County Marquette County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 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
Jul 17, 4:25 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 55	Big Bay, MI	12 inch diameter tree downed.
Jul 17, 5:05 AM EDT	Hail 0.75	Sand River, MI

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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 Jul 16, 11:13 AM EDT, 16 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 11:13 AM EDT, 16 hours 55 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 2:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Houghton, Keweenaw	44 min
Jul 17, 3:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Baraga	59 min
Jul 17, 5:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Alger	47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1997 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.