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Special Weather Statement, NWS Marquette, MI

August 2, 2015Baraga County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2015, 6:40 AM EDT for Baraga County, Michigan. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 2, 2015, 6:40 AM EDT (10:40 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2015, 7:30 AM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Marquette, MI

County Baraga County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 1, 7:48 PM EDT, 10 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 7:48 PM EDT, 10 hours 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 3:47 PM EDT, 14 hours 53 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 5:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT		34 min
Aug 2, 5:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Ontonagon	56 min
Aug 2, 6:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Houghton, Ontonagon	40 min
Aug 2, 6:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Baraga	38 min
Aug 2, 7:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Baraga, Iron, Marquette	39 min
Aug 2, 7:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Iron	45 min
Aug 2, 7:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Dickinson, Marquette	35 min
Aug 2, 7:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Alger, Delta, Menominee	48 min
Aug 2, 8:06 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MQT		84 min
Aug 2, 8:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Alger, Delta, Schoolcraft	47 min
Aug 2, 8:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Delta, Menominee	32 min
Aug 2, 9:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Menominee	23 min
Aug 2, 10:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Iron	46 min
Aug 2, 11:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Iron	45 min
Aug 2, 11:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Dickinson	47 min
Aug 2, 12:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Menominee	27 min
Aug 2, 1:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Dickinson	52 min
Aug 2, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Menominee	45 min
Aug 2, 2:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Menominee	37 min
Aug 2, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MQT		43 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.