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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Marquette, MI

July 6, 20174 counties in Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2017, 7:42 PM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 48 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
Jul 6, 2017, 7:42 PM EDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2017, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Baraga County, MI, Houghton County, MI, Iron County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 6, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 248 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 2017-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 999 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2017-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
999 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1184 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 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 Jul 6, 7:34 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 7:34 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 6, 3:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:11 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:21 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 1:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTKeweenaw25 min
Jul 6, 1:59 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT91 min
Jul 6, 4:35 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT85 min
Jul 6, 6:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTAlger27 min
Jul 6, 6:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTLuce33 min
Jul 6, 7:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTGogebic26 min
Jul 6, 7:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTGogebic49 min
Jul 6, 8:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTOntonagon37 min
Jul 6, 8:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTMenominee44 min
Jul 6, 8:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTDelta, Menominee36 min
Jul 6, 9:02 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT58 min
Jul 6, 9:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTBaraga, Houghton, Iron, Ontonagon63 min
Jul 6, 10:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTDickinson, Marquette39 min
Jul 6, 10:45 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT60 min
Jul 6, 11:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTAlger, Schoolcraft39 min
Jul 6, 1:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTLuce26 min
Jul 6, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT118 min
Jul 6, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTHoughton, Ontonagon35 min
Jul 6, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTHoughton49 min
Jul 6, 7:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTGogebic39 min
Jul 6, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTGogebic47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 2017Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017

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.