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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Marquette, MI

June 20, 2012Ontonagon County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2012, 4:25 PM EDT for Ontonagon County, Michigan. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2012, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Ontonagon County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 142 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 273 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 2012-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 657 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2012-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
657 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

521 
WUUS53 KMQT 202025
SVRMQT
MIC131-202130-
/O.NEW.KMQT.SV.W.0021.120620T2025Z-120620T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
425 PM EDT WED JUN 20 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ONTONAGON COUNTY IN WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 423 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF SILVER
  CITY TO 10 MILES WEST OF SILVER CITY TO 7 MILES NORTH OF
  BESSEMER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ONTONAGON...SILVER CITY...BERGLAND...ROCKLAND...MASS CITY...MIRROR
  LAKE...CLARK LAKE...MERRIWEATHER...WHITE PINE...NORWICH...FOURTEEN
  MILE POINT AND GREENLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4680 8986 4682 8983 4684 8969 4683 8962
      4685 8944 4691 8924 4700 8913 4699 8909
      4703 8893 4677 8894 4676 8886 4668 8886
      4668 8899 4660 8899 4650 8958 4651 8974
      4659 8974 4660 8987
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 241DEG 59KT 4706 8977 4682 8973
          4660 8997
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

MRD
1 follow-up statement
572 
WWUS53 KMQT 202050
SVSMQT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
450 PM EDT WED JUN 20 2012

MIC131-202130-
/O.CON.KMQT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120620T2130Z/
ONTONAGON MI-
450 PM EDT WED JUN 20 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ONTONAGON
COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF ONTONAGON TO
ONTONAGON TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SILVER CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
60 MPH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROCKLAND...MASS CITY...FOURTEEN MILE POINT AND GREENLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4680 8986 4682 8983 4684 8969 4683 8962
      4685 8944 4691 8924 4700 8913 4699 8909
      4703 8893 4677 8894 4676 8886 4668 8886
      4668 8899 4660 8899 4650 8958 4651 8974
      4659 8974 4660 8987
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 243DEG 56KT 4719 8929 4697 8924
          4677 8935
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

JLA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT82 min
Jun 19, 9:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT2 hr
Jun 19, 10:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT72 min
Jun 19, 11:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT94 min
Jun 20, 1:16 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT74 min
Jun 20, 1:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT117 min
Jun 20, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTKeweenaw82 min
Jun 20, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT105 min
Jun 20, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTHoughton, Keweenaw51 min
Jun 20, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT81 min
Jun 20, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTGogebic37 min
Jun 20, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTKeweenaw41 min
Jun 20, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT54 min
Jun 20, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT55 min
Jun 20, 5:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMQTGogebic, Ontonagon6 hr
Jun 20, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTHoughton48 min
Jun 20, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT52 min
Jun 20, 5:26 PM EDTTornado WarningMQTHoughton, Keweenaw34 min
Jun 20, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTGogebic38 min
Jun 20, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT33 min

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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.