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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2013, 11:00 PM EDT for Baraga County, Marquette County, Michigan. It was in force for 60 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 18, 2013, 11:00 PM EDT (03:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2013, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Baraga County, MI, Marquette County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 452 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
- 1309 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
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 18, 7:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 7:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 437 PM EDT THU JUL 18 2013 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-192045- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 437 PM EDT THU JUL 18 2013 /337 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS THAT COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY...MAINLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT INTO AND TUESDAY AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED TODAY AND TONIGHT. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-192045- 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- 437 PM EDT THU JUL 18 2013 /337 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT EXPECT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...WATERSPOUTS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. AREAS OF DENSE FOG IS ALSO EXPECTED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SOME DENSE FOG MAY LINGER FRIDAY MORNING. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY...MAINLY IN THE MORNING OVER SOUTHERN LAKE SUPERIOR. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED TODAY AND TONIGHT. LMZ221-248-250-192045- 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- 437 PM EDT THU JUL 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THOUGH THIS EVENING TO BECOME NUMEROUS OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE AND CAUSE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED TODAY AND TONIGHT. MRD
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Alger, Luce, Schoolcraft | 51 min |
| Jul 18, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 93 min | |
| Jul 18, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Houghton, Keweenaw | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 10:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 60 min | |
| Jul 18, 10:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Baraga, Houghton | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 10:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 103 min | |
| Jul 18, 11:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 72 min | |
| Jul 19, 3:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MQT | Houghton, Keweenaw | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Marquette | 14 min |
| Jul 19, 5:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Alger, Delta, Marquette | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 5:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 91 min | |
| Jul 19, 7:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Delta, Schoolcraft | 62 min |
| Jul 19, 8:14 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | MQT | Houghton | 8 hr |
| Jul 19, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Delta | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 57 min | |
| Jul 19, 12:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Delta | 49 min |
| Jul 19, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 52 min | |
| Jul 19, 3:58 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MQT | Houghton | 5 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:41 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MQT | 3 hr | |
| Jul 19, 4:41 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MQT | 29 hr |
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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.