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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Marquette, MI

June 4, 2011Luce County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2011, 3:58 AM EDT for Luce County, Michigan. It was in force for 32 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: Jun 4, 2011, 3:58 AM EDT (07:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2011, 4:30 AM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Marquette, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Luce County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 3, 11:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 281 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

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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 Jun 4, 1:35 AM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 1:35 AM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 4:07 PM EDT, 11 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
407 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011

MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-041200-
KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-
GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
407 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011 /307 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE...ENDING WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY...AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

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-
407 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011 /307 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A FEW GALE FORCE GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS
CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR EARLY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ENDING WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE
STRONGER STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.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-
407 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE STRONGER STORMS CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING...AND
AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

KF

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:19 PM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1119 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011

MIZ001>003-040445-
HOUGHTON-KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-
1119 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HOUGHTON...KEWEENAW AND ONTONAGON
COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM EDT...

AT 1113 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LAKE SUPERIOR 23 MILES NORTH OF SILVER
CITY...OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF ONTONAGON.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE AND WINDS TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY OCCURRING
WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN ONTONAGON...NORTHERN HOUGHTON AND SOUTHERN
KEWEENAW COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CALUMET...LAURIUM AND
MOHAWK...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.

JLA

Local storm report, Jun 4, 12:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 12:39 AM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 12:40 AM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 12:40 AM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 3:57 AM EDT, 1 minute before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 9:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MQT		92 min
Jun 3, 10:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MQT		88 min
Jun 3, 11:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MQT		66 min
Jun 3, 11:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MQT		83 min
Jun 4, 12:11 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MQT		94 min
Jun 4, 12:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Houghton, Keweenaw	61 min
Jun 4, 12:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Baraga, Houghton, Ontonagon	56 min
Jun 4, 12:37 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MQT		113 min
Jun 4, 1:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Houghton, Keweenaw	49 min
Jun 4, 2:05 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MQT		85 min
Jun 4, 2:33 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MQT		42 min
Jun 4, 3:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Alger, Luce	59 min
Jun 4, 3:20 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MQT		55 min
Jun 4, 5:02 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		12 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2011 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.