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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Marquette, MI

June 26, 2007Ontonagon County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2007, 8:17 PM EDT for Ontonagon County, Michigan. It was in force for 43 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
Jun 26, 2007, 8:17 PM EDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2007, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ontonagon County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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
Jun 26, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 272 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 2007-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2636 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 2007-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2636 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1366 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.5

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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 Jun 26, 7:30 PM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 7:30 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 4:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
405 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2007

MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-271200-
KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-
GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
405 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2007 /305 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD AND ALONG A COLD
FRONT MOVING INTO UPPER MICHIGAN FROM MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL UPPER
MICHIGAN THIS EVENING...AND REACH EAST CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN JUST
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING
WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. A FEW STORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL UP TO QUARTER
SIZE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED AND REPORTS ARE ALWAYS
APPRECIATED. PLEASE PHONE IN YOUR REPORTS TO 906-475-5212 OR SEND
US YOUR REPORT FROM OUR INTERNET HOMEPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT
(ALL LOWERCASE).

LSZ221-241>248-263-264-271200-
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-
405 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2007 /305 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD AND ALONG A COLD
FRONT MOVING INTO UPPER MICHIGAN FROM MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND REACH EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR BY
MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL. A FEW STORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ221-248-262-271200-
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-
405 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD AND ALONG A COLD
FRONT MOVING INTO UPPER MICHIGAN FROM MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL UPPER
MICHIGAN THIS EVENING...AND REACH NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN BY MIDNIGHT.
SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL
HAIL. A FEW STORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

JLL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
439 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2007

MIZ001-270000-
KEWEENAW-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...COPPER HARBOR
439 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 2007

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD ISLE ROYALE...

AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH
THROUGH NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. IF THIS LINE HOLDS TOGETHER...THE
STORMS WILL REACH ISLE ROYALE BY 700 PM EDT. STRONG WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL MAY OCCUR AS THE LINE CROSSES ISLE
ROYALE BETWEEN 7 PM AND 8 PM.

KC
Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 10:24 PM EDTMarine Weather StatementMQT66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.