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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Marquette, MI

May 31, 2021Baraga County, Houghton County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2021, 12:43 PM EDT for Baraga County, Houghton County, Michigan. It was in force for 32 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 31, 2021, 12:43 PM EDT (16:43 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2021, 1:15 PM EDT
In force: 32 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

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 237 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

607 
WUUS53 KMQT 311643
SVRMQT
MIC013-061-311715-
/O.NEW.KMQT.SV.W.0007.210531T1643Z-210531T1715Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Marquette MI
1243 PM EDT Mon May 31 2021

The National Weather Service in Marquette has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Houghton County in western Upper Michigan...
  West central Baraga County in north central Upper Michigan...

* Until 115 PM EDT.

* At 1242 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Kenton, or
  22 miles southwest of Baraga, moving east at 25 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...
  Sidnaw.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4667 8892 4663 8862 4642 8867 4642 8869
      4652 8899
TIME...MOT...LOC 1642Z 285DEG 21KT 4658 8889 

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

JAW

1 follow-up statement

250 
WWUS53 KMQT 311657
SVSMQT

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Marquette MI
1257 PM EDT Mon May 31 2021

MIC013-061-311715-
/O.CON.KMQT.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210531T1715Z/
Houghton MI-Baraga MI-
1257 PM EDT Mon May 31 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN HOUGHTON AND WEST CENTRAL BARAGA COUNTIES...

At 1257 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sidnaw, or 19
miles southwest of Baraga, moving east at 25 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Sidnaw.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4665 8881 4663 8862 4643 8867 4643 8869
      4652 8890
TIME...MOT...LOC 1657Z 285DEG 21KT 4656 8876 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JAW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 11:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Houghton	25 min
May 31, 12:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Baraga	38 min
May 31, 12:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Baraga, Houghton	24 min
May 31, 12:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Baraga	37 min
May 31, 1:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Baraga	36 min
May 31, 1:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Baraga	28 min
May 31, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Baraga	23 min
May 31, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Marquette	47 min
May 31, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Marquette	43 min
May 31, 2:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Iron	52 min
May 31, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Marquette	32 min
May 31, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Marquette	36 min
May 31, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Marquette	30 min
May 31, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Menominee	35 min
May 31, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Delta	29 min
May 31, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Delta	30 min
May 31, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Menominee	42 min
May 31, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Schoolcraft	24 min
May 31, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MQT	Luce	42 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.