Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2008, 3:02 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Marquette County, Michigan. It was in force for 58 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 25, 2008, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dickinson County, MI, Marquette County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 208 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1146 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 25, 12:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 12:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 2:25 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 325 PM EDT FRI JUL 25 2008 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-261930- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 325 PM EDT FRI JUL 25 2008 /225 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH. THERE IS ALSO A POTENTIAL OF LARGE HAIL UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF IN DIAMETER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-261930- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND PORTAGE MN BEYOND 5NM-SAXON HARBOR WI TO BLACK RIVER MI- BLACK RIVER TO ONTONAGON MI- ONTONAGON TO UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO EAGLE RIVER MI- EAGLE RIVER TO MANITOU ISLAND MI- MANITOU ISLAND TO POINT ISABELLE MI- POINT ISABELLE TO LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO HURON ISLANDS MI INCLUDING KEWEENAW AND HURON BAYS-HURON ISLANDS TO MARQUETTE MI- MARQUETTE TO MUNISING MI-MUNISING TO GRAND MARAIS MI- GRAND MARAIS TO WHITEFISH POINT MI- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER INCLUDING ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL TO MANITOU ISLAND MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF A LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO WHITEFISH POINT MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- 325 PM EDT FRI JUL 25 2008 /225 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF LAKE SUPERIOR THE REST OF TODAY AND OVER SOUTHEAST LAKE SUPERIOR THIS EVENING. THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. LMZ221-248-250-261930- GREEN BAY NORTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-SEUL CHOIX POINT TO POINT DETOUR MI- 5NM EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRPORT MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE- 325 PM EDT FRI JUL 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. JLA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 2:18 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 318 PM EDT FRI JUL 25 2008 MIZ005-006-011-013-252015- ALGER-DELTA-DICKINSON-MARQUETTE- 318 PM EDT FRI JUL 25 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN... AT 315 PM EDT/215 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN ALGER...DICKINSON...MARQUETTE AND NORTHERN DELTA COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MICHIGAMME...CHANNING...WITCH LAKE...CHAMPION...FELCH...ISHPEMING...NEGAUNEE...MARQUETTE...GWINN... AND MUNISING...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. MRC
Local storm report, Jul 25, 2:19 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
319 PM EDT FRI JUL 25 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0257 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E PAULDING 46.40N 89.15W
07/25/2008 ONTONAGON MI PUBLIC
2 LARGE TRESS DOWN ACROSS BOND FALLS ROAD EAST OF
PAULDING.
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SRFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 12:00 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 60 min | |
| Jul 25, 12:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 47 min | |
| Jul 25, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Gogebic, Ontonagon | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Gogebic, Ontonagon | 41 min |
| Jul 25, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Baraga, Houghton, Iron | 43 min |
| Jul 25, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Schoolcraft | 38 min |
| Jul 25, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 24 min | |
| Jul 25, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 58 min | |
| Jul 25, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 84 min | |
| Jul 25, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Delta, Schoolcraft | 67 min |
| Jul 25, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 56 min | |
| Jul 25, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 88 min | |
| Jul 25, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 63 min | |
| Jul 25, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 62 min | |
| Jul 25, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 71 min | |
| Jul 25, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Houghton, Keweenaw | 53 min |
| Jul 25, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MQT | Houghton | 28 min |
| Jul 25, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 71 min | |
| Jul 25, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Houghton | 18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.