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Special Weather Statement, NWS Marquette, MI

August 7, 2019Schoolcraft County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2019, 4:11 PM EDT for Schoolcraft County, Michigan. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 2019, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2019, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI

County Schoolcraft County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 2019-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 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 2019-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1433 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 7, 3:39 PM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 3:39 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 3:52 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 1:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Marquette MI
109 PM EDT Wed Aug 7 2019

MIZ085-071745-
Northern Schoolcraft MI-
109 PM EDT Wed Aug 7 2019

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

At 109 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles northwest of M-28 between Shingleton and Seney, or 9 miles
southeast of Chapel Lake, moving northeast at 15 mph.

Pea size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Cusino Lake.

LAT...LON 4636 8633 4647 8637 4651 8627 4651 8611
      4650 8610 4641 8604
TIME...MOT...LOC 1709Z 245DEG 11KT 4644 8628

KCW
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 2:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Marquette MI
209 PM EDT Wed Aug 7 2019

MIZ006-014-085-071845-
Northern Schoolcraft MI-Southern Schoolcraft MI-Alger MI-
209 PM EDT Wed Aug 7 2019

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

At 209 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles south of Munising, moving east at 40 mph.

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
M-94 between Steuben and Manistique, Shingleton, Steuben and M-28
between Shingleton and Seney.

LAT...LON 4626 8677 4638 8671 4635 8619 4608 8623
TIME...MOT...LOC 1809Z 288DEG 34KT 4630 8662

KCW
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 2:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Marquette MI
221 PM EDT Wed Aug 7 2019

MIZ007-071845-
Luce MI-
221 PM EDT Wed Aug 7 2019

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

At 221 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
McMillan, or near Newberry, moving east at 30 mph.

Pea size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Newberry, McMillan, Four Mile Corner and Dollarville.

LAT...LON 4627 8531 4628 8575 4644 8576 4646 8533
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 267DEG 28KT 4634 8564

KCW
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 2:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 3:50 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 4:11 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 4:57 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMQT11 hr
Aug 7, 12:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTAlger24 min
Aug 7, 1:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTAlger36 min
Aug 7, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTSchoolcraft36 min
Aug 7, 2:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTLuce24 min
Aug 7, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTSchoolcraft27 min
Aug 7, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTSchoolcraft25 min
Aug 7, 3:53 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMQT32 hr
Aug 7, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTSchoolcraft26 min
Aug 7, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTSchoolcraft29 min
Aug 7, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTSchoolcraft29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.