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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Marquette, MI
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:30 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Nw Republic, MI | PRELIMINARY 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.
- 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
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
$$
KEC1 follow-up statement
796
WWUS53 KMQT 241845
SVSMQT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
245 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2016
MIC013-241855-
/O.CAN.KMQT.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160524T1900Z/
BARAGA MI-
245 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARAGA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4646 8783 4658 8794 4666 8775 4652 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 238DEG 39KT 4655 8779
$$
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
$$
KECThe office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 12:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Ontonagon | 36 min |
| May 24, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MQT | Marquette | 31 min |
| May 24, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Gogebic, Ontonagon | 36 min |
| May 24, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Iron | 64 min |
| May 24, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Gogebic, Iron | 66 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.