Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Marquette, MI

June 5, 1999Iron County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1999, 7:57 PM CDT for Iron County, Michigan. It was in force for 53 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 5, 1999, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1999, 8:50 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Iron County, MI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 8:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60Crystal Falls, MIwind gusts to 70 mph...large trees down
Jun 5, 8:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55Gaastra, MIwind gusts to 60 mph...trees down
Jun 5, 8:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55Iron River, MIwind gusts to 60 mph...trees down

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 00:00Z on 1999-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3997 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 00:00Z on 1999-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 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
3997 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
889 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTMenominee48 min
Jun 6, 1:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTMenominee64 min
Jun 6, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTDelta60 min
Jun 6, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTSchoolcraft49 min
Jun 6, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTGogebic45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 1999Every 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.