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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Marquette, MI

July 21, 2003Baraga County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2003, 4:48 AM EDT for Baraga County, Michigan. It was in force for 57 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 21, 2003, 4:48 AM EDT (08:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2003, 5:45 AM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Baraga County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 248 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 2003-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2099 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2099 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.7

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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 21, 3:52 AM EDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 3:52 AM EDT, 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
352 AM EDT MON JUL 21 2003

THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE IS THE ENDING OF SHOWERS
TODAY.

WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RUC/ETA SHOWING A LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER
QUEBEC...WITH THE TROUGH STRETCHING SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT
LAKES. A BROAD RIDGE IS OVER CENTRAL ROCKIES WITH A SHORTWAVE
SLIDING DOWN THE LEE OF ROCKIES RIDGE AND ROTATING THROUGH THE BASE
OF THE QUEBEC TROUGH AND IS LOCATED OVER THE NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
SHOWERS CONTINUE TO FIRE OVER UPPER MICHIGAN IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE
SHORTWAVE AND THETA-E RIDGE MOVING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THIS
MORNING. ANOTHER WEAKER SHORTWAVE IS OVER JAMES BAY ALSO ROTATING
THROUGH THE BASE OF THE SAME LONGWAVE TROUGH. SURFACE ANALYSIS
DEPICTS A COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM SOUTHWEST QUEBEC ACROSS
NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN INTO NORTH ILLINOIS. A RIDGE IS BUILDING OVER
CENTRAL CANADA AND SPREADING INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. FOG AND
MIST ARE BEING REPORTED AT A FEW STATION AS A RESULT OF THE MOIST
AIR RESIDUE OF LAST NIGHTS RAINS.

THE SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN BY NOON TODAY.
THE THETA-E RIDGE WILL EXTEND INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WELL TO THE
SOUTHWEST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE OVER THE
FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO DIVERGENCE BY NOON.
310K ISENTROPIC ANALYSIS SHOWING AND INCREASE IN DESCENT ACROSS THE
AREA BY NOON. SURFACE DEW POINTS WILL DIMINISH TO MID 50S BY NOON AS
DRY AIR ADVECTS INTO THE AREA. FOG AND MIST SHOULD BURN OFF SHORTLY
AFTER SUNRISE. DRIER AIR WILL ALSO REDUCE THE POTENTIAL OF SHOWERS
FROM WEST TO EAST. THE SHORTWAVE OVER JAMES BAY WILL DIG INTO EAST
CENTRAL ONTARIO. THIS AFTERNOON...DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE AS SURFACE
DEW POINT LOWER INTO THE LOW 50S THIS AFTERNOON. Q-VECTOR DIVERGENCE
INCREASES ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THE SHORTWAVE OVER EASTERN ONTARIO
WILL DIG DEEPER INTO CENTRAL ONTARIO. Q-VECTOR DIVERGENCE WILL
INCREASE. THUS SHOWERS WILL END.  DRIER AIR AND SUBSIDENCE WILL
LIMIT CLOUD COVER AS WELL. TRAJECTORY FORECAST AND GUIDANCE KEEPING
THE HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 70 TODAY FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST
AREA.

THE SHORTWAVE OVER CENTRAL ONTARIO WILL PUSH INTO LAKE SUPERIOR ON
MONDAY NIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY.
ISENTROPIC ANALYSIS STILL PROJECTED DESCENT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
AS THE CANADIAN RIDGE EXPANDS INTO THE FORECAST AREA. DRIER AIR WILL
PUSH INTO THE FORECAST AREA. SHORTWAVE ENERGY WITH LIMITED MOISTURE
WILL GENERATE CLOUDS ONLY. THIS WILL HELP TO KEEP TEMPERATURES UP A
BIT. IT APPEARS TO DRY TO PRODUCE ANY SHOWERS.

THE SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON TUESDAY.
Q-VECTORS DIVERGENCE WILL BE PREDOMINATE OVER THE AREA. MEAN
SURFACE-500MB RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE <60 PERCENT. SURFACE RIDGE
WILL STRETCH ACROSS MINNESOTA AND LAKE SUPERIOR. THESE SHOULD KEEP
THE SHOWERS OUT OF THE AREA. ANOTHER WEAK SHORTWAVE WILL MAKE ITS
WAY THROUGH THE RIDGE AND OVER THE FORECAST AREA ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE LOW LEVEL STABLE AND
DRY.

ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
OVER THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE SURFACE RIDGE
WILL REMAIN OVER UPPER MICHIGAN KEEPING THE AIR MASS DRY AND STABLE.
MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT WILL DEVELOP OVER MANITOBA AND MOVE INTO
NORTHWEST ONTARIO.

A SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY. BY THIS TIME THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL HAVE SHIFTED INTO THE
OHIO VALLEY...AND THE COLD ONTARIO COLD FRONT WILL HAVE MIGRATED TO
CENTRAL ONTARIO AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA. Q-VECTORS CONVERGENCE WILL
INCREASE OVER THE FORECAST AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE Q-VECTORS
CONVERGENCE WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA ON FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

.MQT...NONE.

DLG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 5:03 PM EDT, 11 hours 45 minutes before
MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-211200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
503 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL UPPER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN AND
CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THE
STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. LARGE HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT
DEVELOPS TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/MQT (ALL LOWER CASE)

MICHELS

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTDickinson60 min
Jul 20, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTOntonagon27 min
Jul 20, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTMenominee61 min
Jul 20, 8:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTIron59 min
Jul 20, 8:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTDelta48 min
Jul 20, 8:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT92 min
Jul 20, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT2 hr
Jul 20, 9:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTGogebic, Ontonagon42 min
Jul 20, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTBaraga, Houghton38 min
Jul 21, 12:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.