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Tornado Watch 242
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 10, 2016, 3:44 PM EDT for 7 counties in Michigan; 23 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2016, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2016, 8:24 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 30 counties
Baraga County, MI, Dickinson County, MI, Gogebic County, MI, Houghton County, MI, Iron County, MI, Marquette County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI, Ashland County, WI, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Iron County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Portage County, WI, Price County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Wood County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 30%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 70%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
33 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Rusk | 65 min |
| Jun 10, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Gogebic, Ontonagon | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin, Pierce | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Iron | 24 min |
| Jun 10, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Vilas | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire | 52 min |
| Jun 10, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Gogebic, Iron, Ontonagon | 39 min |
| Jun 10, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oneida | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Price | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Baraga, Houghton, Ontonagon | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Vilas | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Lincoln | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Oneida | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pepin | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Gogebic, Iron | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Florence, Forest, Marinette, Oneida, Vilas | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade, Lincoln | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark, Jackson | 68 min |
| Jun 10, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Forest, Langlade, Oconto | 66 min |
| Jun 10, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Dickinson, Iron, Marquette | 34 min |
| Jun 10, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Florence, Forest, Marinette | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Lincoln | 12 min |
| Jun 10, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon, Wood | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade, Menominee, Shawano | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon, Portage, Wood | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade, Marathon, Menominee, Shawano | 47 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 697 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
809
WWUS20 KWNS 101941
SEL2
SPC WW 101941
MIZ000-WIZ000-LSZ000-110200-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 242
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
240 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN
NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
LAKE SUPERIOR
* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 240 PM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING AND
INTENSIFY FROM NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN INTO WEST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN
AND SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. A FEW TORNADOES MAY
BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER STORMS...ALONG WITH A MORE WIDESPREAD
THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
IRONWOOD MICHIGAN TO 20 MILES EAST OF EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
&&
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030.
...WEISSSPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 6:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baraga, Dickinson, Iron, Menominee | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Delta, Menominee | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 7:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegan, Antrim, Barry, Benzie, Charlevoix, Clare and 22 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock, Walworth | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa and 16 more | 88 min |
| Jun 10, 3:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane and 19 more | 96 min |
| Jun 10, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse and 4 more | 114 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.