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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2013, 2:52 AM EDT for Baraga County, Marquette County, Michigan. It was in force for 53 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
- Aug 26, 2013, 2:52 AM EDT (06:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2013, 3:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 53 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 06:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 466 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
- 278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 Aug 26, 1:52 AM EDT, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 1:52 AM EDT, 1 hour before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 456 PM EDT SUN AUG 25 2013 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-261200- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 456 PM EDT SUN AUG 25 2013 /356 PM CDT SUN AUG 25 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND THEN DIMINISH LATE IN THE NIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT AIR AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE MID AND UPPER 90S INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SEE THE LATEST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR COMPLETE DETAILS ON THE HEAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A HOT AND HUMID AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER UPPER MICHIGAN ON MONDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE HEAT INDEX RISING TO AS HIGH AS THE MID AND UPPER 90S MONDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. SEE THE LATEST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR COMPLETE DETAILS ON THE HEAT. PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE MOST LIKELY TIME PERIOD FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WHEN HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE. THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SUBMIT REPORTS AT OUR WEBPAGE...FACEBOOK PAGE...OR ON TWITTER. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-261200- 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- 456 PM EDT SUN AUG 25 2013 /356 PM CDT SUN AUG 25 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT. THE STORMS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND THEN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LMZ221-248-250-261200- 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- 456 PM EDT SUN AUG 25 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...AND SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. ROLFSON
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 26, 1:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 12:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 83 min | |
| Aug 26, 1:35 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 40 min | |
| Aug 26, 2:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 95 min | |
| Aug 26, 2:42 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 93 min | |
| Aug 26, 2:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MQT | Gogebic, Ontonagon | 7 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:00 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 75 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013
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.