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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Marquette, MI

June 9, 2015Gogebic County, Ontonagon County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2015, 11:06 PM CDT for Gogebic County, Ontonagon County, Michigan. It was in force for 54 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
Jun 9, 2015, 11:06 PM CDT (04:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Gogebic County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 265 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 00:00Z on 2015-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2015-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 Jun 9, 8:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 8:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 2:54 PM CDT, 8 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
354 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-101200-
KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-
GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
354 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

AFTER A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER ALL OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN
TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. STORM MOTIONS WILL BE MAINLY FROM THE WEST OR
NORTHWEST AROUND 40 MPH. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL OF
QUARTER SIZED OR GREATER AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. THE
THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD END LATE THIS EVENING AT IRONWOOD AND
HOUGHTON...AND VERY LATE TONIGHT AT NEWBERRY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF HAIL...STRONG
WINDS...OR ANY WIND DAMAGE TO THE MARQUETTE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO PROVIDE REPORTS THROUGH OUR WEB PAGE OR BY USING
OUR FACEBOOK AND TWITTER PAGES.

LSZ162-240>251-263>267-101200-
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-
354 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE
SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

AFTER A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER
WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS ALL
OF LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. IF
WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...SEICHE ACTIVITY AND FLUCTUATING
WATER LEVELS WOULD BE POSSIBLE. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL END OVER
WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR LATE THIS EVENING AND OVER FAR EASTERN LAKE
SUPERIOR LATE TONIGHT.

AREAS OF FOG MAY BE DENSE AT TIMES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

AREAS OF FOG MAY BE DENSE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF HAIL...STRONG
WINDS...OR ANY WIND DAMAGE TO THE MARQUETTE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO PROVIDE REPORTS THROUGH OUR WEB PAGE OR BY USING
OUR FACEBOOK AND TWITTER PAGES.

LMZ221-248-250-101200-
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-
354 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

PATCHY FOG MAY BE DENSE AT TIMES.

AFTER A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...A PERIOD OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY OVERNIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO
SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF HAIL...STRONG
WINDS...OR ANY WIND DAMAGE TO THE MARQUETTE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO PROVIDE REPORTS THROUGH OUR WEB PAGE OR BY USING
OUR FACEBOOK AND TWITTER PAGES.

KF

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 10:38 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 11:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTBaraga, Iron66 min
Jun 10, 12:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTMarquette58 min
Jun 10, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTBaraga, Dickinson, Iron, Marquette56 min
Jun 10, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTGogebic, Iron52 min
Jun 10, 1:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTAlger65 min
Jun 10, 1:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTDelta, Dickinson, Menominee58 min
Jun 10, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTDickinson, Menominee61 min
Jun 10, 3:21 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMQT17 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.