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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Marquette, MI

May 24, 2016Baraga County, Marquette County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2016, 2:27 PM EDT for Baraga County, Marquette County, Michigan. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2016, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2016, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Baraga County, MI, Marquette County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 2:30 PM EDTTORNADO3 Nw Republic, MIPRELIMINARY NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMS TREE DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH A TORNADO ALONG RIVER ROAD NORTHWEST OF REPUBLIC...INCLUDING SNAPPED WHITE PINES LARGER THAN 12 INCHES IN DIAMETER. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-24Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2016-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
1905 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

293 
WFUS53 KMQT 241827
TORMQT
MIC013-103-241900-
/O.NEW.KMQT.TO.W.0003.160524T1827Z-160524T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
227 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BARAGA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN...
  WEST CENTRAL MARQUETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT
    
* AT 226 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE MICHIGAMME...OR 17 MILES WEST OF ISHPEMING...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO 
           ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS 
           WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS 
           LIKELY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ISHPEMING...NEGAUNEE...MICHIGAMME...CHAMPION...LAKE MICHIGAMME...WEST
  ISHPEMING...REPUBLIC...HUMBOLDT...DIORITE AND VAN RIPER STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4639 8809 4648 8815 4666 8775 4652 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 241DEG 39KT 4646 8803 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

KEC
1 follow-up statement
796 
WWUS53 KMQT 241845
SVSMQT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
245 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2016

MIC013-241855-
/O.CAN.KMQT.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160524T1900Z/
BARAGA MI-
245 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARAGA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4646 8783 4658 8794 4666 8775 4652 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 238DEG 39KT 4655 8779 

$$

MIC103-241900-
/O.CON.KMQT.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160524T1900Z/
MARQUETTE MI-
245 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL MARQUETTE COUNTY...
    
AT 245 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST ISHPEMING...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ISHPEMING...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL 
         BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ISHPEMING...NEGAUNEE...WEST ISHPEMING AND DIORITE. 

LAT...LON 4646 8783 4658 8794 4666 8775 4652 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 238DEG 39KT 4655 8779 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

KEC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 12:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTOntonagon36 min
May 24, 3:02 PM EDTTornado WarningMQTMarquette31 min
May 24, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTGogebic, Ontonagon36 min
May 24, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTIron64 min
May 24, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTGogebic, Iron66 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.