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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Marquette, MI

May 25, 2021Ontonagon County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2021, 6:28 PM EDT for Ontonagon County, Michigan. It was in force for 32 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 25, 2021, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Ontonagon County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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 25, 6:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMass City, MITREE DOWN ON POWERLINE. DELAYED REPORT.

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 279 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 2021-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 96 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 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
96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

965 
WUUS53 KMQT 252228
SVRMQT
MIC131-252300-
/O.NEW.KMQT.SV.W.0001.210525T2228Z-210525T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Marquette MI
628 PM EDT Tue May 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Marquette has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Ontonagon County in western Upper Michigan...

* Until 700 PM EDT.

* At 627 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 miles west of Silver City to 6 miles northwest of
  Northern Lake Gogebic, moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Silver City around 635 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Ontonagon, Rockland and Mass City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4686 8977 4691 8957 4691 8945 4698 8929
      4705 8898 4657 8906 4657 8974 4659 8975
      4659 8978
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 256DEG 41KT 4681 8970 4660 8973 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BW
1 follow-up statement
113 
WWUS53 KMQT 252243
SVSMQT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Marquette MI
643 PM EDT Tue May 25 2021

MIC131-252300-
/O.CON.KMQT.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210525T2300Z/
Ontonagon MI-
643 PM EDT Tue May 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL ONTONAGON COUNTY...

At 643 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Silver City to near Bergland, moving east at 45
mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
         tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
         roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
  Ontonagon, Rockland and Mass City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4691 8949 4691 8945 4698 8928 4705 8898
      4657 8906 4662 8954
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 256DEG 41KT 4685 8946 4664 8949 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

BW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 9:44 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMQT55 hr
May 25, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT35 min
May 25, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTSchoolcraft42 min
May 25, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT19 min
May 25, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTGogebic33 min
May 25, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTHoughton, Keweenaw29 min
May 25, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT41 min
May 25, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTBaraga, Houghton, Ontonagon35 min
May 25, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT63 min
May 25, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTBaraga, Houghton, Marquette30 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.