Thunderstorms forming along a cold front turned severe near Menominee late evening on the 6th.
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Thunderstorms forming along a cold front turned severe near Menominee late evening on the 6th.
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 Aug 6, 5:37 PM CST, 5 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 737 PM EDT TUE AUG 6 2013 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 356 PM EDT TUE AUG 6 2013 THANKS TO A FEW MORE CLOUDS AND TEMPERATURES APPROX 2-5F COOLER THAN EXPECTED...WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DESTABILIZE AS MUCH AS PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED. A FEW SPRINKLES WERE NOTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE N HALF OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON WITH ONE CELL THAT DEVELOPED OVER N BARAGA COUNTY ABLE TO REACH THE FREEZING LEVEL /AROUND 12KFT/. A TONGUE OF HIGHER DEW POINTS AND ML CAPES AROUND 500 J/KG HAS BEEN ABLE TO SET UP ACROSS CENTRAL UPPER MI...SO THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE POP UP CONVECTION WITH THE EXTRA DAYTIME HEATING LATER THIS AFTERNOON IS STILL A POSSIBILITY. LIMITED TS POTENTIAL INITIALLY IN THE FCST. THE AREA OF INTEREST TS WISE CONTINUES TO BE FARTHER TO OUR SW...ACROSS E MN AND CENTRAL WI LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...CLOSER TO THE SLIGHTLY DEEPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT STRETCHING W-E ACROSS MN. THE ELONGATED SFC LOW/COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY ORIENTED FROM THE ND/SD/MN BORDER THROUGH FAR NW LAKE SUPERIOR AT 19Z WILL LIKELY BE SITUATED FROM NEAR THE APOSTLE ISLANDS TO N LAKE SUPERIOR BY 03Z. WHILE THE COLD FRONT ITSELF IS RELATIVELY WEAK...SEVERAL BOUNDARIES OUT AHEAD OF IT WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED. KEPT WITH LIKELY POPS ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...ALONG WITH A POCKET OF DEF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOLLOWING THE SFC LOW NE AS IT EXITS E LAKE SUPERIOR SHORTLY AFTER 12Z WEDNESDAY. WITH DEW POINTS IN THE 50S AND 60S...WILL KEEP MENTION OF FOG ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR...SLOWLY EXITING DURING THE MORNING WEDNESDAY AS DRIER NW WINDS TAKE HOLD. POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR INCREASED SWIM RISK OVER ALGER COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SLIGHTLY STRONGER NW WINDS /ALTHOUGH TEMPS SHOULD ONLY TOP OUT IN THE 60S. A FEW 70S WILL BE POSSIBLE S CENTRAL AND E...GIVEN THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT. A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS WILL REMAIN OVER THE FAVORED HIGHER NW FAVORED ELEVATIONS THROUGH THE MORNING WEDNESDAY. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 416 PM EDT TUE AUG 6 2013 MAIN FCST CONCERNS IN THE LONGER TERM REVOLVE ARND TIMING PCPN CHCS ASSOCIATED WITH SHRTWVS FCST TO MOVE THRU THE GRT LKS IN NW FLOW ALF BTWN PERSISTENT TROF OVER ERN CANADA AND RDG OVER WRN NAMERICA. THIS FLOW WL MAINTAIN REGIME OF BLO NORMAL TEMPS THRU THE PERIOD. WED NGT...HI PRES RDG UNDER DEEP LYR QVECTOR DVGC/DRY AIRMASS ARRIVING IN THE WAKE OF WED MRNG COLD FROPA WL BRING MOCLR SKIES. WITH PWAT AS LO AS 0.50 TO 0.60 INCH /NEAR 50 PCT OF NORMAL/ AND LGT WINDS UNDER THE HI CENTER FCST OVER NRN WI AT 12Z THU...EXPECT TEMPS OVER THE INTERIOR AWAY FM LK MODERATION TO FALL SHARPLY AND PERHAPS INTO THE UPR 30S AT SOME OF THE COLDER SPOTS. TENDED TOWARD THE LOWER END OF GUIDANCE FOR MIN TEMPS OVER THE INTERIOR. THU...THE DAY WL START ON THE SUNNY SIDE WITH HI PRES/DRY AIR LINGERING...BUT MORE CLDS WL ARRIVE OVER THE W IN THE AFTN UNDER DEEP LYR QVECTOR CNVGC/WAD IN ADVANCE OF SHRTWV ROTATING EWD ON THE SRN FLANK OF CLOSED H5 LO SINKING SLOWLY SWD IN NW ONTARIO. THE 12Z MODELS HAVE TRENDED FASTER WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE ASSOCIATED FORCING AND MSTR RETURN...WITH 12Z NAM/GFS SHOWING AN AXIS OF HIER PWAT AOA 1 INCH SURGING BACK INTO THE UPR LKS IN ADVANCE OF ATTENDANT COLD FNT. THE NAM IS STRONGEST WITH THE DYNAMIC FORCING FCST TO IMPACT UPR MI. BUT SINCE THE BULK OF THE MODELS SHOW THE MOST INTENSE SUPPORT REMAINING TO THE NW THRU 00Z FRI ON THE CYC SIDE OF SUPPORING UPR JET MAX...WENT NO HIER THAN SCHC POPS OVER ONLY THE NW CWA. LATE IN THE DAY. FCST H85 TEMPS TO 10-11C WL ALLOW TEMPS TO RECOVER QUICKLY INTO THE 70S DURING THE DAY AWAY FM LK MI MODERATION IN LLVL SW FLOW. THU NGT...AS UPR LO SWINGS ACRS ONTARIO/NRN LK SUP...EXPECT ATTENDANT COLD FNT TO SWING THRU UPR MI. ALTHOUGH MODELS HAVE TRENDED FARTHER S WITH THE PATH OF THIS CLOSED LO...TRENDED AWAY FM THE NAM SCENARIO SHOWING A FARTHER S TRACK OF THE CLOSED LO/ ACCOMPANYING DEEP LYR QVECTOR CNVGC PER NCEP GUIDANCE. PAINTED THE HIER POPS TOWARD THE N CLOSER TO THE SHARPER DYNAMIC FORCING. ARRIVAL OF DRYING ALF LATER OVER THE W WL END PCPN CHCS THERE. MIN TEMPS WL BE QUITE A BIT HIER THAN ON WED NGT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE E AND SCENTRL...WHERE THE COLD FROPA WL NOT OCCUR UNTIL LATE. FRI/FRI NGT...ARRIVAL OF DRIER AIR/HI PRES RDG IN THE WAKE OF DEPARTING CLOSED LO TOWARD QUEBEC WL BRING DRY WX. UNDER THE SHARP PRES GRADIENT E OF THE INCOMING HI PRES RDG...FCST NW H925 WINDS UP TO 25 KTS UNDER THE TRAILING THERMAL TROF WL BRING SOME FAIRLY GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY AT EXPOSED LOCATIONS NEAR LK SUP OVER THE E HALF. DAYTIME TEMPS ON FRI WL BE RATHER COOL WITH FCST H85 TEMPS TOWARD 6-7C. EXPECT THE HIEST TEMPS OVER THE SCENTRAL WITH DOWNSLOPE WNW FLOW BEHIND THE FROPA. EXTENDED...UPR MI WL BE UNDER THE NW FLOW ALF ARND MEAN TROF IN QUEBEC. TIMING/IMPACT OF ANY DISTURBANCES THAT WL BE ROTATING THRU THE UPR LKS IN THIS FLOW REGIME ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS FOR SAT THRU TUE. CONSIDERING THE LO MODEL PREDICTABILITY ON THE DETAILS RELATED TO THESE FEATURES IN THE EXTENDED...WL NOT STRAY FM MODEL CONSENSUS POPS NO HIER THAN LO CHC. EXPECT BLO NORMAL TEMPS TO PERSIST IN THIS PERSISTENT FLOW OF CNDN AIR. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z WEDNESDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 736 PM EDT TUE AUG 6 2013 ISOLD/SCT SHRA/TSRA WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT OVER PARTS OF UPPER MI. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO UPPER MI TONIGHT...BRINGING A PERIOD OF SHRA/TSRA AND MVFR AND POSSIBLY IFR CONDITIONS. ONCE FRONT PASSES...UPSLOPE FLOW AT KIWD/KCMX WILL RESULT IN LIFR CONDITIONS REDEVELOPING AT THOSE TERMINALS. && .MARINE...(FOR THE 4 PM LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST ISSUANCE) ISSUED AT 416 PM EDT TUE AUG 6 2013 WIND GUSTS SHOULD REMAIN AT OR BELOW 25KTS...WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS OUT OF THE W TO NW EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY CENTRAL AND EAST...AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEHIND A COUPLE OF COLD FRONT SWINGING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR. LOW PRESSURE ACROSS WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PATCHY TO AREAS OF FOG SHOULD DIMINISH IN COVERAGE DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY AS DRIER AIR SLIDES OVERHEAD. EXPECT HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD EAST INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES BY THURSDAY MORNING. AS THE HIGH SHIFTS EAST...A TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STRONGER WNW WINDS UP TO 25 KTS WILL BE ON FRIDAY OVER THE E HALF BEHIND THIS TROUGH PASSAGE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD SOUTHEAST INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SATURDAY...AND LINGER ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY. && .MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... UPPER MICHIGAN... NONE. LAKE SUPERIOR... NONE. LAKE MICHIGAN... NONE. && SHORT TERM...KF LONG TERM...KC AVIATION...07 MARINE...KF/KC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 416 PM EDT TUE AUG 6 2013 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-071115- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 416 PM EDT TUE AUG 6 2013 /316 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN TO BECOME NUMEROUS TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT. STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF MUNISING WILL END WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-071115- 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- 416 PM EDT TUE AUG 6 2013 /316 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT. STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. AREAS OF FOG MAY BE LOCALLY DENSE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY FOG MAY BE LOCALLY DENSE ON WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EAST HALF IN THE MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE LAKE THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF THE LAKE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LMZ221-248-250-071115- 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- 416 PM EDT TUE AUG 6 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. KC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1258 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013 MIZ012-070600- MENOMINEE- 1158 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR MENOMINEE COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM CDT... AT 1154 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR POUND WISCONSIN...OR 20 MILES WEST OF MENOMINEE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MENOMINEE... THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. JLA
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Three trees of unknown diameter blown down in Menominee along with a number of large tree branches. County dispatch reports a metal utility shed was also blown out of a yard.
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