Tornado Warning 6, NWS Marquette, MI

Issued

Aug 1, 2002, 12:59 PM EDT (16:59 UTC)

Expired

Aug 1, 2002, 2:00 PM EDT

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Marquette, MI

Area

Whole counties

County Marquette County, MI

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

067 
WFUS53 KMQT 011659
TORMQT
MIC103-011800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1259 PM EDT THU AUG 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MARQUETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 1254 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MICHIGAMME...OR ABOUT 24 MILES NORTH
  OF CRYSTAL FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  REPUBLIC...CHAMPION AT 105 PM EDT
  NATIONAL MINE AT 120 PM EDT
  NEGAUNEE...ISHPEMING AT 125 PM EDT
  PALMER AT 130 PM EDT
  TROWBRIDGE PARK AT 135 PM EDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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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.