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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2004, 2:35 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Iron County, Michigan. It was in force for 40 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 13, 2004, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2004, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dickinson County, MI, Iron County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1324 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 13, 2:27 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 2:27 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 4:45 AM CDT, 9 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 545 AM EDT TUE JUL 13 2004 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-141200- ALGER-BARAGA-DELTA-DICKINSON-GOGEBIC-IRON-KEWEENAW-LUCE-MARQUETTE- MENOMINEE-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-ONTONAGON- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 545 AM EDT TUE JUL 13 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GREATEST WEST OF A LANSE TO IRON RIVER LINE BETWEEN 10 AM AND 3 PM EDT. EAST OF A LANSE TO IRON RIVER LINE...THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GREATEST BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM EDT. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 60 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BUT THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/MQT (ALL LOWER CASE) ROLFSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1238 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2004 MIZ005>007-010>014-085-132200- ALGER-DELTA-DICKINSON-IRON-LUCE-MARQUETTE-MENOMINEE- NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 1238 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2004 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT (5 PM CDT) FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN UPPER MICHIGAN... ALGER...DELTA...DICKINSON...IRON...LUCE...MARQUETTE... MENOMINEE...SCHOOLCRAFT. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE ADJACENT NEARSHORE AND OPEN WATERS OF LAKE SUPERIOR AND LAKE MICHIGAN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN BETWEEN 1 PM EDT AND 6 PM EDT. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. RJT
Local storm report, Jul 13, 12:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
159 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0138 PM HAIL 3 N CARNEY 45.63N 87.55W
07/13/2004 0.75 INCH MENOMINEE MI TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
AJLocal storm report, Jul 13, 1:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
224 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0203 PM HAIL 8 SW FORD RIVER 45.60N 87.27W
07/13/2004 1.00 INCH DELTA MI PUBLIC
HAIL LASTED FOR 5 MINUTES
&&
AJLocal storm report, Jul 13, 2:31 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Delta, Menominee | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 12:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 2 hr | |
| Jul 13, 12:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 2 hr | |
| Jul 13, 12:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 2 hr | |
| Jul 13, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Houghton | 26 min |
| Jul 13, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Baraga | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Houghton | 18 min |
| Jul 13, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Marquette | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 2:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 64 min | |
| Jul 13, 2:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 64 min | |
| Jul 13, 2:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 64 min | |
| Jul 13, 2:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 64 min | |
| Jul 13, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 55 min | |
| Jul 13, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Menominee | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 63 min | |
| Jul 13, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 63 min | |
| Jul 13, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 63 min | |
| Jul 13, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 2 hr |
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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.