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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Marquette, MI

September 3, 2010Alger County, Keweenaw County, Luce County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this high wind warning at Sep 3, 2010, 11:45 AM EDT for Alger County, Keweenaw County, Luce County, Michigan. It took effect at Sep 3, 2010, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr. 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 3, 2010, 11:45 AM EDT (15:45 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 3, 2010, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 4, 2010, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI

Counties Alger County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI, Luce County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:44 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 nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 268 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 2010-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2010-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Sep 3, 6:08 AM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 6:08 AM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 5:33 AM EDT, 6 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
533 AM EDT FRI SEP 3 2010

MIZ002-004-007-009>014-084-085-041200-
ONTONAGON-BARAGA-LUCE-GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-
SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
533 AM EDT FRI SEP 3 2010 /433 AM CDT FRI SEP 3 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.

MIZ001-003-005-006-041200-
KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-MARQUETTE-ALGER-
533 AM EDT FRI SEP 3 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 55 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT ACROSS KEWEENAW AND ALGER COUNTIES. SEE THE LATEST NON-
PRECIPITATION WEATHER STATEMENT FOR DETAILS.

DUE TO WAVE HEIGHTS APPROACHING 20 FEET TONIGHT...SOME BEACH EROSION
AND COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE FROM MARQUETTE EASTWARD.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF DEADLY RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF
MARQUETTE AND ALGER COUNTIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

DUE TO WAVE HEIGHTS APPROACHING 20 FEET SATURDAY MORNING...SOME
BEACH EROSION AND COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE FROM MARQUETTE
EASTWARD.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF DEADLY RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF
MARQUETTE AND ALGER COUNTIES THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.

LSZ162-240>251-263>267-041200-
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-
533 AM EDT FRI SEP 3 2010 /433 AM CDT FRI SEP 3 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NORTHWEST GALES TO 45 KNOTS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT. A FEW STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. SEE
THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NORTHWEST GALES TO 45 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE EAST HALF THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING. A FEW STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE MORNING. SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.

LMZ221-248-250-041200-
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-
533 AM EDT FRI SEP 3 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NORTHWEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER
MESSAGE FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.

PEARSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 8:02 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMQT15 hr
Sep 3, 4:17 AM EDTWind AdvisoryMQTAlger, Houghton, Keweenaw, Luce, Ontonagon25 hr
Sep 3, 5:39 PM EDTGale WarningMQT32 hr
Sep 3, 5:39 PM EDTStorm WarningMQT8 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Michigan, 2010Every high wind warning in 2010

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.