Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 271
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 14, 2007, 4:24 PM EDT for 8 counties in Michigan; 10 counties in Minnesota; 15 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2007, 4:24 PM EDT (20:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2007, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 33 counties
Baraga County, MI, Dickinson County, MI, Gogebic County, MI, Houghton County, MI, Iron County, MI, Marquette County, MI, Menominee County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI, Aitkin County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Cook County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Lake County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Pine County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Barron County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Iron County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Polk County, WI, Price County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Washburn County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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 SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 10%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 60%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 50%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
25 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 32 min |
| May 14, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 23 min |
| May 14, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 46 min |
| May 14, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Bayfield, Douglas | 52 min |
| May 14, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Ashland, Iron | 66 min |
| May 14, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Bayfield, Douglas | 47 min |
| May 14, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Baraga | 40 min |
| May 14, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Marquette | 20 min |
| May 14, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Gogebic | 86 min |
| May 14, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Marquette | 69 min |
| May 14, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Bayfield | 34 min |
| May 14, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Baraga | 28 min |
| May 14, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Ashland, Iron | 36 min |
| May 14, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Sawyer | 25 min |
| May 14, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MQT | Gogebic | 49 min |
| May 14, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Vilas | 56 min |
| May 14, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Marquette | 28 min |
| May 14, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Iron | 75 min |
| May 14, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Gogebic | 14 min |
| May 14, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Price | 44 min |
| May 14, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Forest, Vilas | 34 min |
| May 14, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Florence | 47 min |
| May 14, 9:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Marquette | 22 min |
| May 14, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Dickinson | 57 min |
| May 14, 10:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Marquette | 28 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 12:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alger, Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Luce, Marquette and 1 more | 59 min |
| May 14, 3:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Ontonagon | 119 min |
| May 13, 8:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clay and 9 more | 87 min |
| May 14, 6:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca, Saint Louis and 1 more | 116 min |
| May 14, 6:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca, Saint Louis and 1 more | 116 min |
| May 14, 7:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca, Saint Louis and 1 more | 118 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.