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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Marquette, MI

July 16, 2006Marquette County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2006, 4:45 AM EDT for Marquette County, Michigan. It was in force for 45 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 16, 2006, 4:45 AM EDT (08:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2006, 5:30 AM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marquette County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 16, 3:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 438 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2006-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 133 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2006-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
133 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-224 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2239 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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 16, 4:15 AM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 4:15 AM EDT, 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 5:55 PM EDT, 10 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
555 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 2006

MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-161200-
KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-
GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
455 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 2006 /555 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 2006/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY

A HEAT WAVE WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. LOWS TONIGHT WILL ONLY
DROP TO AROUND 70. NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...TEMPERATURES MAY ONLY
DROP TO AROUND 80. LOOK FOR HIGHS BACK INTO THE 90S SUNDAY. SEE
THE LATEST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS.

THE HOT AND DRY WEATHER WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF WILDFIRES. BE
SURE TO CHECK WITH LOCAL FIRE OFFICIALS FOR ANY BURNING
RESTRICTIONS THAT MAY BE IN EFFECT BEFORE DOING ANY OUTDOOR
BURNING.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN UPPER
MICHIGAN TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN SUNDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

HEAT WILL PERSIST INTO MONDAY WITH HIGHS AGAIN INTO THE LOWER
90S AT MANY LOCATIONS. SEE THE LATEST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR MORE DETAILS.

THERE IS CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY
OVER WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LSZ221-241>248-263-264-161200-
KEWEENAW BAY AND HURON BAY FROM LOWER ENTRANCE LIGHT TO PORTAGE
LAKE TO HURON ISLANDS MI-SAXON HARBOR WI TO ONTONAGON MI-
ONTONAGON TO UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI-
UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO MANITOU ISLAND MI-
MANITOU ISLAND TO LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI-
HURON ISLANDS TO MARQUETTE MI-MARQUETTE TO MUNISING MI-
MUNISING TO GRAND MARAIS MI-GRAND MARAIS TO WHITEFISH POINT MI-
LAKE SUPERIOR, EAST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND
PORTAGE, MN, TO A LINE NORTHWARD FROM MANITOU IS. MI, BEYOND 5 NM
AND SOUTH OF THE US/CANADIAN BORDER-
LAKE SUPERIOR, EAST OF A LINE FROM MANITOU IS. MI NORTHWARD
BEYOND 5 NM AND SOUTH OF THE US/CANADIAN BORDER, EXCLUDING
WHITEFISH BAY-
455 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 2006 /555 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE
SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AND
AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

LMZ221-248-262-161200-
BAY OF GREEN BAY NORTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND
PASSAGE-SEUL CHOIX POINT TO POINT DETOUR MI-
LAKE MICHIGAN...FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO ROCK ISLAND
PASSAGE...SOUTHEASTWARD BEYOND 5 NM OFF SHORE TO THE MID-
LINE OF THE LAKE-
555 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AND
AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

ROLFSON

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 11:11 PM EDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1111 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 2006

MIZ011-160345-
DICKINSON-
1011 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR DICKINSON COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM
CDT...

AT 1006 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLORENCE...OR 11 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CRYSTAL FALLS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  RANDVILLE.
  GRANITE BLUFF.
  NORWAY.
  FOSTER CITY.
  WAUCEDAH.

REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

RJT
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 1:53 AM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 9:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT58 min
Jul 15, 9:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT29 min
Jul 15, 11:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTDickinson30 min
Jul 15, 11:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTKeweenaw23 min
Jul 15, 11:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT64 min
Jul 16, 12:36 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT84 min
Jul 16, 1:30 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT30 min
Jul 16, 1:59 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT2 hr
Jul 16, 3:12 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT63 min
Jul 16, 3:23 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT37 min
Jul 16, 3:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTGogebic, Ontonagon44 min
Jul 16, 3:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTHoughton, Keweenaw67 min
Jul 16, 3:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT46 min
Jul 16, 4:06 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT114 min
Jul 16, 4:15 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT45 min
Jul 16, 4:59 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT61 min
Jul 16, 5:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTHoughton, Keweenaw62 min
Jul 16, 5:24 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT51 min
Jul 16, 5:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTAlger, Luce60 min
Jul 16, 5:48 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT57 min
Jul 16, 5:58 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT62 min
Jul 16, 6:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTSchoolcraft14 min
Jul 16, 6:02 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT43 min
Jul 16, 6:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTHoughton34 min
Jul 16, 6:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTHoughton61 min
Jul 16, 6:45 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT90 min
Jul 16, 7:13 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningMQTHoughton3 hr
Jul 16, 7:51 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT54 min
Jul 16, 8:11 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT64 min
Jul 16, 9:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTHoughton, Keweenaw33 min
Jul 16, 9:43 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT62 min
Jul 16, 10:05 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT55 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.