A few severe thunderstorms occurred over portions of Luce and Schoolcraft counties on the afternoon of the 15th.
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A few severe thunderstorms occurred over portions of Luce and Schoolcraft counties on the afternoon of the 15th.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 15, 12:54 PM EST, 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 154 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 UPDATED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #541 .UPDATE... UPDATED FORECAST FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #541...IN EFFECT UNTIL 01Z FOR EASTERN 4 COUNTIES AND NORTHERN MICHIGAN MARINE ZONE. && .DISCUSSION (ISSUED AT 345 AM EDT)... THE MAIN CONCERN THIS FORECAST PACKAGE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RUC SHOWING A CLOSED LOW OVER NORTHEAST MANITOBA AND A STEEP RIDGE OVER QUEBEC. SHORTWAVES ROTATING AROUND THE LOW IS SWEEPING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA AND NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. OTHER SHORTWAVES ARE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN AND CENTRAL MANITOBA. SURFACE ANALYSIS DEPICTS A LOW OVER NORTHERN ONTARIO WITH A FRONTAL SYSTEM DRAPED SOUTHWEST THROUGH WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR THEN INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. A LARGE DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE BLANKETS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. ANOTHER RIDGE OVER THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES IS PUSHING THE FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER THE AREA ALONG. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN FIRING ALONG THE FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER MINNESOTA AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN. THE MID LEVEL LOW WILL EDGE INTO NORTHERN ONTARIO TODAY WHILE A SHORTWAVE ROTATING AROUND THE BASE OF THE LOW SWEEPS THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. OTHER WEAK SHORTWAVES WILL BE SHIFTING INTO THE WESTERN OHIO RIVER VALLEY. THE SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE TO EAST CENTRAL ONTARIO DRAGGING THE COLD FRONT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WHILE THE RIDGE PUSHES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND ISENTROPIC ASCENT ACCOMPANYING THE FRONT AND SHORTWAVE ENERGY SWEEPING THROUGH THE AREA WILL ALLY TO GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE AREA TODAY. COLD AIR ADVECTION ALOFT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO MUCAPE VALUES WHICH WILL REACHING UP TO 1500J/KG OVER THE FORECAST AREA. LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL INCREASE ALSO. THUS SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOOKING POSSIBLE. WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL BE OFF SET BY INCREASE CLOUD COVER TODAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD STILL REACH INTO A COMFORTABLE LOW 70S TODAY. THE MID LEVEL LOW WILL DIVE INTO CENTRAL ONTARIO TONIGHT. THE SHORTWAVE WRAPPING AROUND THE LOW WILL PUSH INTO LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WRAPPING AROUND THE LOW WILL SWEEP INTO LAKE SUPERIOR. THE HIGH WILL SETTLE INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS PUSHING THE FRONT INTO LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION. DRY AIR WILL INVADE THE AREA FOLLOWING THE FROPA. COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A LITTLE COOLER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. THE MID LEVEL LOW WILL SETTLE INTO EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR ON MONDAY WHILE THE SURFACE LOW TREKS INTO WEST CENTRAL QUEBEC. THE SURFACE HIGH WILL SETTLE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND START TO WORK INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. THIS WILL PUSH THE FRONT TO THE EAST COAST. DEEP MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND THE QUEBEC LOW WILL BE RATHER LIMITED. COLD AIR ADVECTING INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT WILL TEND TO STABILIZE THE LOW LEVELS. FORECAST SOUNDINGS STILL SHOWING A HIGHER RH BETWEEN 850MB AND 700MB. INSTABILITY IN THE AREA STILL MARGINAL SO WILL LOOK FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE. THE COLD AIR WILL SET UP AN INVERSION AROUND 750MB WHICH WILL CAP THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL STICK WITH SHOWERS ONLY. THE MID LEVEL LOW WILL SETTLE SOUTHEAST INTO LAKE HURON MONDAY NIGHT. ACCOMPANYING SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL RACE ACROSS THE AREA. COLD AIR ADVECTION AT THE LOW LEVEL WILL CONTINUE TO STABILIZE THE AIR MASS OVER THE FORECAST AREA AND SHEAR WILL BE MINIMAL. THUS ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EXIST OVER THE AREA. THE MID LEVEL LOW WILL SETTLE OVER LAKE ONTARIO ON TUESDAY...WHILE A RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE CANADIAN PRAIRIE. WEAK SHORTWAVES WILL SLIDE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WHILE ROTATING AROUND THE LOW. THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL EXPAND AND DOMINATE CONDITIONS OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY STABILIZING THE AIR MASS. THE MID LEVEL LOW WILL SHIFT INTO EASTERN NEW YORK TUESDAY NIGHT WHILE WEAK SHORTWAVES WRAPPING AROUND THIS LOW SWEEPS THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND THIS LOW WILL SHIFT ACROSS THE EAST PART OF THE AREA. THUS I WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER THE EASTERN U.P. LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE LOW WILL WORK NORTHEAST THROUGH NEW ENGLAND ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE SOUTHERN CANADA RIDGE WILL SHIFT INTO INTO THE THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL TRACK INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BRINGING DRIER AIR OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. && .AVIATION (FOR THE 18Z TAF ISSUANCE)... EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TODAY AT CMX....WITH MVFR CIGS SETTING UP MAINLY AFTER 12Z MONDAY THANKS FOR INCOMING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND UPSLOPE WNW FLOW. AT SAW...A BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON NEAR THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. BY 23Z...MOST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE EAST OF SAW AS COLDER AIR SWINGS IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. SIMILAR TO WHAT IS CURRENTLY OCCURRING UPSTREAM OVER EASTERN MANITOBA AND WESTERN ONTARIO...MVFR CIGS SHOULD BE THE RULE FROM AROUND 12Z ON AT BOTH SITES. && .MARINE (FOR THE 4 AM LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST ISSUANCE)... EXPECT LOW PRESSURE OVER ONTARIO TO DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY WHILE THE LOW PUSHES INTO WESTERN QUEBEC BY MONDAY MORNING. THIS LOW WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THURSDAY IN QUEBEC. MEANWHILE...A HIGH PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGH THURSDAY. OVERALL...WINDS WILL REMAIN UNDER 25KT THRU THU. WITH NW WINDS DOMINATING FOR MUCH OF THE FCST PERIOD AFTER SUN BETWEEN THE QUEBEC LOW AND THE PLAINS HIGH...THE STRONGER WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER ERN LAKE SUPERIOR DUE TO TERRAIN INFLUENCES AND PROXIMITY TO SHARPER PRESSURE GRADIENT MOST OF THE TIME. && .MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && UPDATE...KF DISCUSSION...DLG AVIATION...KF MARINE...KC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 441 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-161100- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 441 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 /341 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AROUND THE AREA TODAY AND CONTINUE THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS COULD CAUSE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AND PENNY SIZED HAIL. THE HIGHER PROBABILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOON EAST OF A BARAGA TO WATERSMEET LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT OVER THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MARQUETTE TO MANISTIQUE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON TUESDAY...MAINLY EAST OF A MUNISING TO ESCANABA LINE IN THE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-161100- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND PORTAGE MN BEYOND 5NM-SAXON HARBOR WI TO BLACK RIVER MI- BLACK RIVER TO ONTONAGON MI- ONTONAGON TO UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO EAGLE RIVER MI- EAGLE RIVER TO MANITOU ISLAND MI- MANITOU ISLAND TO POINT ISABELLE MI- POINT ISABELLE TO LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO HURON ISLANDS MI INCLUDING KEWEENAW AND HURON BAYS-HURON ISLANDS TO MARQUETTE MI- MARQUETTE TO MUNISING MI-MUNISING TO GRAND MARAIS MI- GRAND MARAIS TO WHITEFISH POINT MI- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER INCLUDING ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL TO MANITOU ISLAND MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF A LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO WHITEFISH POINT MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- 441 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 /341 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS ALL OF LAKE SUPERIOR AND ONLY EAST OF STANNARD ROCK THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ221-248-250-161100- GREEN BAY NORTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-SEUL CHOIX POINT TO POINT DETOUR MI- 5NM EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRPORT MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE- 441 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND EARLY EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS COULD CAUSE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AND PENNY SIZED HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. DLG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 147 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 MIZ005-006-012>014-085-151830- ALGER-DELTA-MARQUETTE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 147 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR ALGER...DELTA...MARQUETTE... MENOMINEE AND SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT/130 PM CDT/... AT 141 PM EDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TRENARY TO WATSON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MUNISING TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ESCANABA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 22 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... WATSON. ROCK. ST. NICHOLAS. FISH LAKE. PERKINS. BRAMPTON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. PEARSON
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
217 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008
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0135 PM HAIL KINGSFORD 45.81N 88.10W
06/15/2008 M0.50 INCH DICKINSON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
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KFLEEGELThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Seven to eight-inch diameter tree limbs down on Ten Curves Road.
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