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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Marquette, MI

July 16, 2006Schoolcraft County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2006, 6:01 AM EDT for Schoolcraft County, Michigan. It was in force for 14 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, 6:01 AM EDT (10:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2006, 6:15 AM EDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Schoolcraft County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 313 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, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 4:15 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 1:53 AM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:07 AM EDT, 2 hours 54 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, 4:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTMarquette45 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, 6:02 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.