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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Marquette, MI

July 8, 2007Delta County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2007, 7:25 PM EDT for Delta County, Michigan. It was in force for 4 hr. 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 8, 2007, 7:25 PM EDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2007, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Flood severity
None

County Delta County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2007-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2192 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 2007-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 260 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
2192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-320 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1468 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Jul 8, 4:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 4:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
441 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RUC SHOWING A MID LEVEL LOW OVER WESTERN
HUDSON BAY AND A ZONAL FLOW EXTENDS FROM THE GREAT LAKES WESTWARD.
WEAK SHORTWAVES ARE TRAVELING IN THIS FLOW AND ARE OVER NORTHWEST
NORTH DAKOTA...JUST NORTH OF THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD...AND SWEEPING
THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. SURFACE ANALYSIS DEPICTS A LOW OVER THE
EASTERN U.P. WITH A COLD FRONT DRAPED SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA. A SECONDARY AND MUCH WEAKER COLD FRONT EXTENDS ACROSS
SOUTHERN MANITOBA...NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND INTO CENTRAL LAKE
SUPERIOR. ISENTROPIC ASCENT AHEAD OF THE LOW AND STRONG MUCAPE
VALUES ALONG WITH UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE ACCOMPANYING A JET MAX HAVE
GENERATE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER UPPER MICHIGAN AND LAKE SUPERIOR
THIS AFTERNOON.

&&

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND MON)...
FORECAST CONCERNS WITH THIS PACKAGE INCLUDE SEVERE CONVECTION THIS
EVENING.

CONVECTION OVER LAKE SUPERIOR AND CENTRAL CWA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
EAST THIS EVENING IN THE ZONAL FLOW. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL CROSS
THE CWA THIS EVENING...PUSHING THE SURFACE LOW INTO THE EAST CENTRAL
ONTARIO BY 00Z THEN INTO SOUTHERN JAMES BY BY 12Z...ALL THE WHILE
DRAGGING THE COLD FRONT INTO NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THE COLD FRONT
OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA LATE TONIGHT.
THE GFS MUCAPE VALUES WILL EXCEED 1500J/KG OVER THE EASTERN AND
SOUTHERN U.P. EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE REMAINS SOME CONCERN ABOUT
THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS DEVELOPING DURING THE NIGHT...GIVEN THE
FACT THAT MODELS SHOW SOME MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS. CLOUD COVER WILL
LIMIT COOLING TONIGHT SO WILL KEEP CLOSE TO GUIDANCE.

THE GFS/NAM ADVECT DRY AIR INTO THE AREA ON MONDAY. TWO WEAK
SHORTWAVES WILL RACE THROUGH THE AREA. THE SURFACE LOW OVER JAMES
BAY WILL LIFT INTO SOUTHEAST HUDSON BAY DRAGGING A COLD FRONT INTO
LOWER MICHIGAN. THE SECONDARY FRONT WILL WASHOUT IN THE MORNING. THE
SURFACE RIDGE WILL SHIFT OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER
GREAT LAKES.

.LONG TERM (MON NIGHT THRU SUN)...

ALL RECENT MODEL TRENDS POINT TO A FASTER PROGRESSION OF PATTERN
INTO WED. SO...HIGH PRES WHICH WILL BE SETTLING OVER LAKE SUPERIOR
MON AFTN WILL DRIFT E A BIT FASTER MON NIGHT. AS A RESULT...WILL
BUMP MIN TEMPS UP SLIGHTLY...MAINLY OVER THE W WHERE RETURN FLOW ON
BACKSIDE OF HIGH WILL HAVE SOME IMPACT ON RADIATION COOLING THERE.
STILL...THERE WILL BE SOME 40S IN THE TYPICAL COOL SPOTS...
ESPECIALLY E.

TUE...ATTENTION TURNS TO A VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE WHICH WILL BE TRACKING
E TO MN/ONTARIO. WITH TRENDS TOWARD A FASTER PROGRESSION OF
PATTERN...FCST AREA WILL NOW MORE LIKELY BE UNDER THE GUN FOR SVR
STORMS AS THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES E. 12Z NAM/GFS ARE VERY SIMILAR
SHOWING COLD FRONT REACHING CNTRL UPPER MI BY 00Z WED. AS IN
PREVIOUS RUNS...UKMET CONTINUES TO BE FASTEST. IT SHOWS COLD FRONT
INTO THE ERN U.P. BY 00Z WED. ALTHOUGH THE OTHER MODELS HAVE BEEN
TRENDING TOWARD THE FASTER UKMET...NAM/GFS TIMING LOOKS LIKE A GOOD
ESTIMATE...ESPECIALLY WHEN CONSIDERING THE GLOBAL CANADIAN STILL HAS
COLD FRONT JUST W OF KIWD AT 00Z TUE. SO...TIMING WILL BE NEARLY
IDEAL FOR COLD FRONT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LATE AFTN PEAK
INSTABILITY. SPEAKING OF WHICH...GFS MLCAPE REACHES ABOUT 1200J/KG
WHILE NAM MAXES OUT AROUND 1700J/KG. EVEN IF MLCAPE IS ONLY
1000J/KG...STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR OF 50-60KT PER GFS/NAM WILL LEAD
TO ORGANIZED CONVECTION AND A SVR STORM THREAT. WOULD EXPECT A BREAK
IN PCPN BEHIND FRONTAL CONVECTION...THEN IT APPEARS THERE MAY BE
SOME -SHRA WRAPPING BACK INTO THE FCST AREA.

WITH COLD FRONT SWEEPING WELL E OF FCST AREA BY WED MORNING...WILL
NEED TO LWR HIGHS FOR WED FROM PREVIOUS FCST AS 850MB TEMPS WILL
HAVE ALREADY DROPPED INTO THE 4-7C RANGE BY 12Z. ALTHOUGH 12Z
GFS/NAM SHOW NO PCPN WED...WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A FEW
-SHRA/SPRINKLES IN COOL UNSTABLE AIRMASS...MAINLY IN THE AFTN.

THU THRU SUN...VARIOUS MEDIUM RANGE MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT
THAT AN UNSEASONABLY AMPLIFIED POSITIVE PNA REGIME WILL DOMINATE
THIS TIME PERIOD OVER NAMERICA. SO...AS WE APPROACH THE
CLIMATOLOGICAL WARMEST TIME OF YEAR...IT WILL BE ON THE COOL SIDE
WITH TEMPS BLO NORMAL THU THRU SUN. CHILLY MIDLEVELS ASSOCIATED WITH
AMPLIFIED TROF FOR JULY (700MB TEMPS 2 TO 2.5 STANDARD DEVIATIONS
BELOW JULY AVG AND 500MB TEMPS -18C TO -20C) SUGGEST INSTABILITY
SHRA ARE A DECENT BET DURING THE LATE MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING HRS
THU/FRI...AND EVEN THE SUBTLEST OF SHORTWAVES TRACKING THRU THE AREA
WILL ONLY INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF SHRA. SHOULD A SHORTWAVE PASS
DURING PEAK HEATING...MAY END UP WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
SMALL HAIL GIVEN LOW FREEZING LEVELS AND WET BULB ZERO (5-6KFT) PER
GFS FCST SOUNDINGS. FOR NOW...WILL ONLY ADD A MENTION OF TSRA TO THU
AFTN WITH SOME AGREEMENT ON A SHORTWAVE PASSING AND 500MB THERMAL
TROF NEAR -20C. SAT/SUN...DISAGREEMENTS EMERGE BTWN THE
ECWMF/GFS/GLOBAL CANADIAN. 00Z/06Z GFS MANAGE TO WEAKEN WRN
RIDGE...LEADING TO MODIFICATION OF COOL AIRMASS OVER THE UPPER LAKES
WHILE GLOBAL CANADIAN KEEPS A DEEPER VORTEX OVER SOUTHERN HUDSON
BAY. PER HPC PREFERENCE...WILL LEAN TOWARD THE ECMWF WHICH KEEPS WRN
RIDGE MORE INTACT WITH VORTEX OVER HUDSON BAY A BIT FARTHER N THAN
GLOBAL CANADIAN. SO...WILL TREND BLO GFS MOS GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS NEXT
WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPS THU/FRI SHOULD MAINLY BE IN THE 60S WITH SOME
SLIGHT MODERATION SAT/SUN...BUT STILL BLO NORMAL FOR MID JULY. OPTED
TO ADD SLIGHT CHC POPS TO SAT AFTN/EVENING WITH EXPECTATION OF
LONGWAVE TROF MAINTAINING ITS POSITION AND KEEPING AREA UNDER A
POTENTIAL DAYTIME INSTABILITY -SHRA REGIME. WILL GO WITH A DRY DAY
ON SUN.

&&

.AVIATION (FOR THE 18Z TAF ISSUANCE)...

A WEAK SHORTWAVE WILL SHIFT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON
AS A COLD FRONT MEANDERS INTO LAKE SUPERIOR. MUCAPE VALUES AS
MENTIONED ABOVE SUGGEST THAT INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN U.P. SHOWERS ARE
SHOWING UP OVER THE WESTERN U.P. AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. SHOWERS
AND A THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
COLD AIR ADVECTION AT LOW LEVEL WILL STABILIZE THE THE AIR MASS OVER
THE NORTH BY LATE AFTERNOON...AND OVER KSAW BY EARLY EVENING. DRY
AIR WILL ADVECT INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING...SO WILL KEEP A CHANCE
THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE NORTHWEST BEHIND THE
FRONT THAT PASS THROUGH THIS MORNING.

&&

.MARINE (FOR THE 4 PM LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST)...

LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EAST CENTRAL ONTARIO WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT
INTO LOWER MICHIGAN EARLY THIS EVENING. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...A HIGH
WILL FILTER IN FROM SOUTHERN MANITOBA ON MONDAY. WINDS WILL BE
MAINLY OUT OF THE WEST AND NORTHWEST AND WEAK UNDER THE HIGH. ON
TUESDAY...A LOW OVER SOUTHERN MANITOBA WILL RACE TO LAKE SUPERIOR...
AND MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST ONTARIO BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONGER
WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL MIX DOWN TO SURFACE CAUSING NEAR GALE
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY. A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER WILL THEN BUILD ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY AND SLIDE SOUTHEAST INTO THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY CAUSING THE WINDS TO DIMINISH SOME. MEANWHILE...A LOW CENTER
WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN MANITOBA THURSDAY NIGHT AND MOVE INTO
WESTERN ONTARIO ON FRIDAY.

&&

.MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

SHORT TERM...DLG
LONG TERM...ROLFSON
AVIATION/MARINE...DLG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 5:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
506 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2007

MIZ001-091200-
KEWEENAW-
506 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING.
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BECOME
SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

MIZ002>007-009>014-084-085-091200-
ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-GOGEBIC-
IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
506 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2007 /406 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL END OVER ALL BUT SOUTH CENTRAL UPPER
MICHIGAN BY MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING MAY
BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING.
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BECOME
SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON
INLAND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND MAY BE NEEDED
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

LSZ221-241>248-263-264-091200-
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-
506 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2007 /406 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR...MAINLY IN THE
NEARSHORE WATERS CLOSE TO UPPER MICHIGAN...WILL END THIS EVENING.
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS FROM KEWEENAW BAY TO WHITEFISH POINT MAY
BE STRONG EARLY IN THE EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING.
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BECOME
SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ221-248-262-091200-
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-
506 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
THIS EVENING MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

ROLFSON

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:21 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
421 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2007

MIZ006-082100-
ALGER-
421 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR ALGER COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

AT 412 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF DEERTON...OR 17 MILES WEST OF
MUNISING...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  CHATHAM.
  AU TRAIN.
  CHRISTMAS.
  WETMORE.
  SHINGLETON.
  MELSTRAND.

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

PEARSON
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
538 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2007

MIZ006-085-082245-
ALGER-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
538 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR ALGER AND NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT
COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 534 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DEERTON...OR 17 MILES WEST OF MUNISING...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  DEERTON.
  AU TRAIN.
  CHRISTMAS.
  MUNISING.
  WETMORE.
  SHINGLETON.

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

PEARSON
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 6:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
609 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2007

MIZ011-082300-
DICKINSON-
509 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR DICKINSON COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 508 PM CDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
NEAR KINGSFORD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  IRON MOUNTAIN.
  QUINNESEC.
  NORWAY.
  LORETTO.
  WAUCEDAH.

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

PEARSON
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 2:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT110 min
Jul 8, 3:30 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT45 min
Jul 8, 3:49 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT56 min
Jul 8, 4:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTHoughton, Ontonagon56 min
Jul 8, 4:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT37 min
Jul 8, 4:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTKeweenaw66 min
Jul 8, 4:18 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT117 min
Jul 8, 4:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTBaraga43 min
Jul 8, 4:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTIron50 min
Jul 8, 5:03 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT57 min
Jul 8, 5:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTHoughton25 min
Jul 8, 5:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTBaraga60 min
Jul 8, 5:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTHoughton43 min
Jul 8, 5:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTMarquette81 min
Jul 8, 5:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTKeweenaw47 min
Jul 8, 5:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTBaraga41 min
Jul 8, 5:52 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT68 min
Jul 8, 5:57 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT63 min
Jul 8, 6:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTDelta, Marquette53 min
Jul 8, 6:34 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT56 min
Jul 8, 6:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTMarquette53 min
Jul 8, 6:57 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT48 min
Jul 8, 7:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT60 min
Jul 8, 7:05 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT40 min
Jul 8, 7:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTDelta40 min
Jul 8, 7:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTAlger61 min
Jul 8, 7:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT65 min
Jul 8, 7:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTMarquette32 min
Jul 8, 7:35 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT85 min
Jul 8, 7:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTDelta, Schoolcraft53 min
Jul 8, 8:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT46 min
Jul 8, 8:59 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT91 min
Jul 8, 10:23 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT67 min
Jul 8, 10:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTLuce51 min
Jul 8, 11:14 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT61 min
Jul 8, 11:44 AM EDTMarine Weather StatementMQT61 min
Jul 8, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTMarquette65 min
Jul 8, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTDickinson47 min
Jul 8, 5:10 PM EDTMarine Weather StatementMQT65 min
Jul 8, 5:34 PM EDTMarine Weather StatementMQT56 min
Jul 8, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTAlger55 min
Jul 8, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT65 min
Jul 8, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTMarquette33 min
Jul 8, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTMenominee46 min
Jul 8, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTDelta58 min
Jul 8, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTAlger23 min
Jul 8, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT75 min
Jul 8, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTDelta81 min
Jul 8, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTMenominee52 min
Jul 8, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT45 min
Jul 8, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTSchoolcraft77 min
Jul 8, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTDickinson73 min
Jul 8, 7:44 PM EDTMarine Weather StatementMQT61 min

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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.