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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Marquette, MI

July 4, 1999Dickinson County, Marquette County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1999, 9:53 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Marquette County, Michigan. It was in force for 47 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: Jul 4, 1999, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 1999, 10:40 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Marquette, MI
Area: Whole counties

Counties Dickinson County, MI, Marquette County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

NWS Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 4, 9:30 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 9:30 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 4, 7:53 PM CDT, 2 hours before

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Local storm report, Jul 4, 7:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 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 4, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Ontonagon	43 min
Jul 5, 3:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Houghton, Ontonagon	58 min
Jul 5, 3:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Keweenaw	58 min
Jul 5, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Gogebic	40 min
Jul 5, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Ontonagon	43 min
Jul 5, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Houghton	44 min
Jul 5, 5:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MQT	Houghton, Ontonagon	3 hr
Jul 5, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Gogebic	49 min
Jul 5, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Ontonagon	28 min
Jul 5, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Baraga	58 min
Jul 5, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Marquette	63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1999 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.