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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Marquette, MI

September 2, 2008Gogebic County, Ontonagon County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2008, 1:36 PM CDT for Gogebic County, Ontonagon County, Michigan. It was in force for 39 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
Sep 2, 2008, 1:36 PM CDT (18:36 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2008, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Gogebic County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI

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 Sep 2, 12:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 12:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 2, 4:13 AM CDT, 9 hours 23 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 2, 1:18 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
218 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2008

MIZ002-009-021900-
GOGEBIC-ONTONAGON-
218 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR GOGEBIC AND ONTONAGON COUNTIES UNTIL
300 PM EDT/200 PM CDT/...

AT 116 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARENISCO...OR 27 MILES EAST OF IRONWOOD.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  POMEROY LAKE...
  LAKE GOGEBIC STATE PARK...
  MERRIWEATHER...
  BERGLAND...
  EWEN...

REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

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

MRD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 4:13 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMQT3 days
Sep 2, 4:30 AM CDTLakeshore Flood StatementMQTAlger, Marquette47 hr
Sep 2, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT112 min
Sep 2, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT53 min
Sep 2, 2:39 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT96 min
Sep 2, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT85 min
Sep 2, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT59 min
Sep 2, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTBaraga, Dickinson, Iron, Marquette63 min
Sep 2, 6:34 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.