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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Marquette, MI

May 14, 2007Gogebic County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2007, 6:56 PM CDT for Gogebic County, Michigan. It was in force for 49 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2007, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2007, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gogebic County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 7:10 PM CDTHAIL 0.753 S Marenisco, MIHAIL ESTIMATED AS PENNY SIZED.
May 14, 7:10 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Marenisco, MIWIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH
May 14, 7:27 PM CDTHAIL 12 Nnw Thousand Island L, MIPENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
May 14, 7:47 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 S Watersmeet, MINUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 14, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 236 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 2007-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 314 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1408 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
314 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KMQT 142356
TORMQT
MIC053-150045-
/O.NEW.KMQT.TO.W.0002.070514T2356Z-070515T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
656 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GOGEBIC COUNTY IN WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES NORTH OF
  WINCHESTER...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IRONWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 45
  MILES AN HOUR.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PRESQUE ISLE RESERVOIR...MARENISCO AROUND 705 PM CDT...
  POMEROY LAKE AROUND 715 PM CDT...
  THOUSAND ISLAND LAKE AROUND 725 PM CDT...
  WATERSMEET AROUND 740 PM CDT...
  TAMARACK LAKE AROUND 745 PM CDT...

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY
ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES AND GET INSIDE A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO OUTRUN A TORNADO WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE
SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF NO BASEMENT
IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF CAUGHT OUTDOORS AND NO
SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A LOW-LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOUR
HEAD.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 4651 8998 4652 8994 4645 8938 4635 8938
      4633 8932 4633 8899 4611 8899 4616 8912
      4632 9000

$$

TRH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMQT 150008
SVSMQT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
808 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2007

MIC053-150045-
/O.CON.KMQT.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070515T0045Z/
GOGEBIC MI-
708 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GOGEBIC COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM
CDT...

AT 708 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF
PRESQUE ISLE RESERVOIR...OR 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IRONWOOD. THE
TORNADIC STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  POMEROY LAKE AROUND 715 PM CDT...
  THOUSAND ISLAND LAKE AROUND 725 PM CDT...
  WATERSMEET AROUND 740 PM CDT...
  TAMARACK LAKE AROUND 745 PM CDT...

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY
ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES AND GET INSIDE A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO OUTRUN A TORNADO WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE
SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF NO BASEMENT
IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF CAUGHT OUTDOORS AND NO
SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A LOW-LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOUR
HEAD.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 4651 8998 4652 8994 4645 8938 4635 8938
      4633 8932 4633 8899 4611 8899 4616 8912
      4632 9000

$$

TRH
000 
WWUS53 KMQT 150027
SVSMQT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
827 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2007

MIC053-150045-
/O.CON.KMQT.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070515T0045Z/
GOGEBIC MI-
727 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GOGEBIC COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM
CDT...

AT 727 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER THOUSAND
ISLAND LAKE...OR 38 MILES WEST OF IRON RIVER. THE TORNADIC STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TAMARACK LAKE AROUND 740 PM CDT...

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY
ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES AND GET INSIDE A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO OUTRUN A TORNADO WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE
SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF NO BASEMENT
IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF CAUGHT OUTDOORS AND NO
SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A LOW-LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOUR
HEAD.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 4627 8976 4645 8938 4635 8938 4633 8932
      4633 8899 4611 8899 4616 8912

$$

TRH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 7:18 PM CDTMarine Weather StatementMQT42 days
May 13, 8:29 PM CDTMarine Weather StatementMQT42 days
May 14, 8:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTBaraga18 min
May 14, 11:15 AM CDTMarine Weather StatementMQT43 days
May 14, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTMarquette47 min
May 14, 12:39 PM CDTMarine Weather StatementMQT43 days
May 14, 12:56 PM CDTMarine Weather StatementMQT43 days
May 14, 1:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTAlger, Marquette46 min
May 14, 1:26 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT94 min
May 14, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTLuce23 min
May 14, 5:19 PM CDTMarine Weather StatementMQT43 days
May 14, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT63 min
May 14, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT28 min
May 14, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTBaraga40 min
May 14, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTMarquette20 min
May 14, 5:56 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT34 min
May 14, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTGogebic86 min
May 14, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT37 min
May 14, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT43 min
May 14, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTMarquette69 min
May 14, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTBaraga28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.