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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Marquette, MI

June 8, 2021Dickinson County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2021, 5:36 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Michigan. It was in force for 39 min. 4 reports 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
Jun 8, 2021, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Dickinson County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jun 8, 5:36 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Wnw Felch, MIDISPATCHER REPORTS MULTIPLE REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES, POWER LINES, AND POWER OUTAGES ACROSS DICKINSON COUNTY. WE ENERGIES OUTAGE MAP INDICATING OUTAGES STRETCHING FROM THE FELCH AREA DOWN TO THE WI BORDER.
Jun 8, 6:04 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Nne Iron Mountain, MIMULTIPLE TREES DOWN, APPROXIMATELY 14 TO 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER. SPOTTER ESTIMATED 70 MPH WINDS. POWER IS OUT.
Jun 8, 6:06 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGIron Mountain, MIREPORT VIA FACEBOOK OF WINDS TAKING OFF THE TOPS OF AT LEAST 3 VERY TALL PINES. PICTURE PROVIDED.
Jun 8, 6:25 PM CDTHAIL 0.72 W Norway, MIREPORT THAT SMALL BRANCHES ALSO COMING DOWN.

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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2021-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 610 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 2021-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
610 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1171 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

053 
WUUS53 KMQT 082236
SVRMQT
MIC043-082315-
/O.NEW.KMQT.SV.W.0013.210608T2236Z-210608T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Marquette MI
536 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Marquette has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Dickinson County in south central Upper Michigan...

* Until 615 PM CDT.

* At 535 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Felch, or 14
  miles northeast of Iron Mountain, moving south at 15 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Iron Mountain, Kingsford, Norway, Felch, Foster City, Niagara,
  Waucedah, Quinnesec, Loretto, Vulcan and Hardwood.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4575 8788 4577 8798 4579 8798 4579 8807
      4603 8802 4602 8769 4590 8768 4589 8770
      4572 8770 4572 8785
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 000DEG 14KT 4597 8784 

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

Rolfson
1 follow-up statement
175 
WWUS53 KMQT 082257
SVSMQT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Marquette MI
557 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

MIC043-082315-
/O.CON.KMQT.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210608T2315Z/
Dickinson MI-
557 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY...

At 556 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest of
Foster City, or 11 miles east of Iron Mountain, moving south at 15
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.

Locations impacted include...
Iron Mountain, Kingsford, Norway, Felch, Foster City, Niagara,
Waucedah, Quinnesec, Loretto, Vulcan and Hardwood.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4575 8788 4577 8798 4579 8798 4579 8807
      4603 8802 4602 8769 4590 8768 4589 8770
      4572 8770 4572 8785
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 000DEG 14KT 4588 8784 

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

Rolfson

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 8:59 PM CDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMQT13 hr
Jun 8, 2:05 PM CDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMQT23 hr
Jun 8, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTMarquette31 min
Jun 8, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTMarquette44 min
Jun 8, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTIron31 min
Jun 8, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTDickinson, Marquette44 min
Jun 8, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTDickinson36 min
Jun 8, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTLuce30 min
Jun 8, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTSchoolcraft30 min
Jun 8, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTLuce35 min
Jun 8, 6:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTDickinson11 min
Jun 8, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTLuce19 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.