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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 564

August 1, 200230 counties in Michigan; 19 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 1, 2002, 3:25 PM EDT for 30 counties in Michigan; 19 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 2002, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2002, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties

Alger County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Antrim County, MI, Baraga County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Charlevoix County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Chippewa County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Delta County, MI, Dickinson County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Iron County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Luce County, MI, Mackinac County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Marquette County, MI, Menominee County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Schoolcraft County, MI, Wexford County, MI, Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Door County, WI, Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Portage County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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.

Warnings issued inside it

15 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTAlger, Schoolcraft58 min
Aug 1, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTLuce55 min
Aug 1, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMackinac96 min
Aug 1, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa88 min
Aug 1, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTSchoolcraft33 min
Aug 1, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Leelanau56 min
Aug 1, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMackinac47 min
Aug 1, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXManistee47 min
Aug 1, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau50 min
Aug 1, 6:32 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXCheboygan28 min
Aug 1, 6:50 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXPresque Isle40 min
Aug 1, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXManistee47 min
Aug 1, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse47 min
Aug 1, 7:51 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXPresque Isle39 min
Aug 1, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMontmorency38 min

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 12:00Z on 2002-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2319 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 12:00Z on 2002-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 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
2319 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-189 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.7

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 5:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Houghton, Iron and 4 more4 hr
Aug 1, 11:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Bay, Benzie and 35 more5 hr
Aug 1, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Bay, Cheboygan and 34 more6 hr
Aug 1, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegan, Berrien, Van Buren6 hr
Jul 31, 11:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDouglas6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Michigan, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wisconsin, 2002Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2002

Sources

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