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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Marquette, MI

May 25, 2021Houghton County, Keweenaw County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2021, 6:31 PM EDT for Houghton County, Keweenaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 29 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
May 25, 2021, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Houghton County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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
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 306 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.

212 
WUUS53 KMQT 252231
SVRMQT
MIC061-083-252300-
/O.NEW.KMQT.SV.W.0002.210525T2231Z-210525T2300Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Marquette has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Keweenaw County in western Upper Michigan...
  Northeastern Houghton County in western Upper Michigan...

* Until 700 PM EDT.

* At 630 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hubbell, or 9
  miles southeast of Calumet, moving northeast at 50 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Gay around 645 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4751 8784 4734 8769 4732 8784 4727 8789
      4716 8812 4705 8817 4694 8848 4694 8852
      4724 8852
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 245DEG 45KT 4713 8835 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RJC
1 follow-up statement
823 
WWUS53 KMQT 252252
SVSMQT

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

MIC061-252301-
/O.CAN.KMQT.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210525T2300Z/
Houghton MI-
652 PM EDT Tue May 25 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HOUGHTON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for
western Upper Michigan.

LAT...LON 4751 8784 4734 8769 4732 8784 4716 8813
      4705 8817 4695 8845 4700 8839 4706 8836
      4709 8843 4702 8852 4712 8852 4708 8848
      4714 8823 4720 8824 4717 8844 4720 8830
      4729 8830 4729 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 245DEG 45KT 4724 8799 

$$

MIC083-252300-
/O.CON.KMQT.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210525T2300Z/
Keweenaw MI-
652 PM EDT Tue May 25 2021

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

At 651 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of Gay,
or 16 miles south of Copper Harbor, moving northeast at 50 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
Keweenaw County, including the following locations... Rabbit Bay,
Gratiot Lake, Betsy and Jacobsville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4751 8784 4734 8769 4732 8784 4716 8813
      4705 8817 4695 8845 4700 8839 4706 8836
      4709 8843 4702 8852 4712 8852 4708 8848
      4714 8823 4720 8824 4717 8844 4720 8830
      4729 8830 4729 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 245DEG 45KT 4724 8799 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JV

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, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTOntonagon32 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

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.