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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Marquette, MI

June 19, 2016Keweenaw County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2016, 11:50 PM EDT for Keweenaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 40 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 19, 2016, 11:50 PM EDT (03:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2016, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Keweenaw County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 312 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 2016-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1974 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 19, 8:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 8:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 4:13 PM EDT, 7 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
413 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2016

MIZ006-201200-
ALGER-
413 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

WEST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 35 MPH MONDAY.

AS A RESULT OF STRONG WINDS AND BUILDING WAVES...DANGEROUS SWIMMING
CONDITIONS WILL EXIST ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALGER COUNTY ON MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.

MIZ001-003-201200-
KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-
413 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE
STRONG TO SEVERE...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

WEST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH ON MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ANY REPORTS OF HAIL OR STRONG WINDS BY SPOTTERS OR THE PUBLIC ARE
APPRECIATED.

MIZ002-004-005-007-009>014-084-085-201200-
ONTONAGON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-LUCE-GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-
DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
413 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2016 /313 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE
STRONG TO SEVERE OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF UPPER
MICHIGAN...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

WEST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 35 MPH ON MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ANY REPORTS OF HAIL OR STRONG WINDS BY SPOTTERS OR THE PUBLIC ARE
APPRECIATED.

LSZ162-240>251-263>267-201200-
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-
413 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2016 /313 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT. A FEW
OF THE STORMS TONIGHT OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR COULD
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.

LMZ221-248-250-201200-
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-
413 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.

KEC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 11:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT36 min
Jun 19, 11:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT42 min
Jun 20, 12:19 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT26 min
Jun 20, 3:04 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT86 min
Jun 20, 4:12 AM EDTWind AdvisoryMQTHoughton, Keweenaw13 hr
Jun 20, 4:35 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementMQTAlger15 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.