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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 429

July 22, 20146 counties in Michigan; 10 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 22, 2014, 2:20 AM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan; 10 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 2014, 2:20 AM EDT (06:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
1 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt

Counties Baraga County, MI, Gogebic County, MI, Houghton County, MI, Iron County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI, Ashland County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Iron County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Price County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
10%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
2%
Ten or more severe wind reports
40%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
10%
Ten or more severe hail reports
20%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
5%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
80%

Warnings issued inside it

6 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 2:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Sawyer, Washburn48 min
Jul 22, 3:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Bayfield38 min
Jul 22, 3:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Bayfield, Burnett, Iron, Price, Sawyer and 1 more41 min
Jul 22, 3:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTGogebic, Ontonagon66 min
Jul 22, 4:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTKeweenaw57 min
Jul 22, 5:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAshland, Iron34 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 282 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2014-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3234 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2014-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
3234 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1331 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 1:46 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Ontonagon59 min
Jul 22, 5:10 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw, Ontonagon95 min
Jul 22, 6:54 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLake, Manistee, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana2 hr
Jul 21, 9:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Carlton, Cass and 23 more58 min
Jul 21, 10:08 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman and 6 more97 min
Jul 21, 10:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Carlton, Cass and 24 more6 hr
Jul 22, 12:44 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chisago and 16 more91 min

Nearby

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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.