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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2013, 12:56 PM EDT for Delta County, Michigan. It was in force for 49 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 19, 2013, 12:56 PM EDT (16:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2013, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Delta County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 949 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1186 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
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 19, 8:23 AM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 8:23 AM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 5:57 AM EDT, 6 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 557 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-201100- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 557 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 /457 AM CDT FRI JUL 19 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS THAT COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED TODAY. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-201100- 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- 557 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 /457 AM CDT FRI JUL 19 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL END OVER THE EAST HALF OF LAKE SUPERIOR THIS MORNING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...WATERSPOUTS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. EXPECT AREAS OF DENSE FOG THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED TODAY. LMZ221-248-250-201100- 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- 557 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. SOME STORMS COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED TODAY. VOSS
In the hours before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 19, 12:22 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1222 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 MIZ005-011>013-191645- DELTA-DICKINSON-MARQUETTE-MENOMINEE- 1222 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR DELTA...DICKINSON...MARQUETTE AND MENOMINEE COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM EDT/1145 AM CDT/... AT 1118 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FOSTER CITY...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF IRON MOUNTAIN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... HARDWOOD... LA BRANCHE... WHITNEY... CORNELL... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 007
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 12:37 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1237 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 MIZ012-013-191715- DELTA-MENOMINEE- 1237 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR DELTA AND MENOMINEE COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM EDT/1215 PM CDT/... AT 1136 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LA BRANCHE...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF ESCANABA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... WHITNEY... CORNELL... GLADSTONE... STONINGTON... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 007
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, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Baraga, Marquette | 60 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, 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.