A teenage boy was carried offshore by a structural rip current at Aronson Island in Escanaba, and then he was overcome by the crashing of 3-4 foot waves.
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A teenage boy was carried offshore by a structural rip current at Aronson Island in Escanaba, and then he was overcome by the crashing of 3-4 foot waves.
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 Jul 17, 3:36 PM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 436 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 432 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 SFC OBS SHOW THAT AFTERNOON INLAND TEMPS HAVE REACHED THE CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE AT MANY LOCATIONS (INTO THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S) AND THUS HAVE STARTED TO SEE ISOLD SHRA/TSRA BEGINNING TO FORM OVER FAR WRN UPR MI AND ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR LAKE BREEZE AND VNCTY OF STALLED OUT FRONT IN NORTH CENTRAL UPR MI. WITH SBCAPE VALUES OF 2000-2500 J/KG AND ALONG WITH EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR VALUES 35-40 KT THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SVR THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT SPC HAS MUCH OF UPR MI IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR DAY1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK AND HAS JUST ISSUED A SWOMCD FOR POSSIBLE SVR TSTM WATCH ISSUANCE. UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW PARALLEL TO THE SURFACE BOUNDARIES COULD SUPPORT STORM DEVELOPMENT FAVORING FORWARD PROPAGATING LINE SEGMENTS AND SMALL BOW ECHOES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. EXPECT MUCH OF THE CONVECTION FORMING NOW TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY LATE THIS EVENING AS HEATING/INSTABILITY WANES A BIT. STORMS SHOULD THEN REDEVELOP LATER TONIGHT TO THE WEST OVER NRN MN AS WARM ADVECTION KICKS IN ALONG STALLED OUT FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN RESPONSE TO SHORTWAVE ROUNDING BROAD 5H RIDGE. LOOK FOR STORMS TO THEN TRACK ESE ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND 850-300 MB THCKNS LINES AND INTO UPPER MI ON THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY AFFECTING THE NRN AND ERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. WITH PWATS EXCEEDING 2.00 INCHES OR 190-195 PCT OF NORMAL... TORRENTIAL HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS AND THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SOME FLASH FLOODING IF STORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK OVER THE NRN AND ERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. WITH MLCAPES VALUES FORECAST TO BE NEAR 1500 J/KG AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR VALUES OF 35-45 KT THERE IS AGAIN A POTENTIAL FOR SVR STORMS ON THU AND SPC HAS ALL OF UPR MI HIGHLIGHTED IN SLIGHT RISK. COMBINATION OF VEERING WIND PROFILE IN THE LOWER LVLS...STRONG INSTABILITY...MODERATE TO STRONG DEEP LAYER...AND VERY MOIST DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S CONTRIBUTING TO LOW LFC HEIGHTS COULD ALL SUPPORT SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT. ALTHOUGH THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THURSDAYS STORMS WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGING WIND...HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL...ISOLD TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY WITH ANY STORMS THAT INTENSIFY AND MOVE EWD ALONG WARM/QUASISTATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 432 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...A SLOW MOVING WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT FROM LAKE SUPERIOR NORTHWARD INTO ONTARIO DURING THE EVENING HOURS AS A COLD FRONT IS PUSHED SOUTHEASTWARD OUT OF SOUTHERN MANITOBA INTO NORTHEASTERN MN DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AT THE SAME TIME THE UPPER LEVEL 500MB TROUGH WILL BEGIN DIGGING SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION. OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT A 40KT LLJ IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PUMP MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. WHILE THE FORECAST SOUNDINGS GAIN A BIT MORE MOISTURE THROUGHOUT...DRY AIR REMAINS IN PORTIONS OF THE MID AND LOWER LEVELS...IF THIS IS NOT ALTERED BY EARLIER CONVECTION...THEREFORE A CONTINUED WIND THREAT WILL EXIST DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS 0-6KM SHEAR VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 40 TO 45 KNOTS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...WITH SHEAR VECTORS BECOMING PERPENDICULAR TO THE FORCING. PWATS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WILL BE 150-200 PERCENT OF NORMAL LEADING TO VERY HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON THE COLD FRONT TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE AREA WILL CONTINUE SOUTHEASTWARD PUSHING SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FORCING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...ALONG WITH CONTINUED MOISTURE FLOWING INTO THE SYSTEM...WILL KEEP AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL SHIFT SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT SHIFTS OUT OF THE AREA. THE UPPER LEVEL 500MB TROUGH WILL MOVE DIRECTLY OVERHEAD BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL KEEP A CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IN THE FORECAST...HOWEVER THE COVERAGE WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED. FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...FRIDAY NIGHT THE UPPER LEVEL 500MB TROUGH AXIS WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST OF THE UPPER GREAT LAKES AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA AND THE NORTHERN PLAINS BEGINS TO BUILD INTO THE REGION. NORTHERLY FLOW ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HIGH WILL PUSH COOLER AND DRIER AIR IN FROM CANADA AS SHOWN BY OVERLAYING 1000-500MB RH...MSLP AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT. THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EASTWARD BECOMING DIRECTLY OVERHEAD SATURDAY NIGHT INTO THE DAY SUNDAY. WITH THE HIGH DIRECTLY OVERHEAD...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO POSSIBLY COOL INTO THE LOW AND MID 40S...ESPECIALLY OVER THE INLAND WEST AREA. THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IS PROGGED TO REMAIN OVER THE CWA INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCES REMAIN IN TIMING AND STRENGTH OF UPPER LEVEL WAVES MOVING INTO THE AREA ALONG WITH MOISTURE AND SURFACE PRESSURE FIELDS. THIS DIFFERENCE OCCURS FROM MODEL TO MODEL AND FROM MODEL RUN TO MODEL RUN FOR THE WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. WITH SUCH INCONSISTENCIES HAVE DECIDED TO STICK WITH A CONSENSUS OF THE MODELS FOR THIS TIME PERIOD. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 349 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD GENERALLY PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD AT ALL SITES. LOOK FOR ISOLD TO SCT SHRA/TS TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AT KIWD AND KSAW ALONG LAKE BREEZE BOUNDARY AND THEN DIE OUT LATE THIS EVENING WITH LOSS OF BETTER HEATING/INSTABILITY. LOOK FOR WIDESPREAD SHRA/TSRA ON THU MORNING AS WARM FRONT LIFTS ACROSS AREA. && .MARINE...(FOR THE 4 PM LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST ISSUANCE) ISSUED AT 432 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 WITH RELATIVELY WEAK PRES GRADIENT AND HI STABILITY OVER THE RELATIVELY COOL LAKE WATERS...EXPECT WINDS NO HIGHER THAN 20 KTS THIS FORECAST PERIOD. THE MAIN WEATHER CONCERN WILL BE FOG WITH A HUMID AIRMASS DOMINATING. THIS FOG IS LIKELY TO BE MOST WIDESPREAD ON THU NIGHT FOLLOWING SOME STRONG TO POSSIBLY SVR THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL FURTHER SATURATE THE MARINE LAYER. THE ARRIVAL OF DRIER AIR ON FRI SHOULD DISSIPATE THE FOG. && .MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... UPPER MICHIGAN... NONE. LAKE SUPERIOR... NONE. LAKE MICHIGAN... NONE. && SHORT TERM...VOSS LONG TERM...KEC AVIATION...VOSS MARINE...VOSS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 349 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-181200- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 349 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 /249 PM CDT WED JUL 17 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS INLAND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS THIS EVENING COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT COULD BE SEVERE AND CAUSE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN THAT COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND AGAIN THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-181200- 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- 349 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 /249 PM CDT WED JUL 17 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN LAKE SUPERIOR. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER LAKE SUPERIOR THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SOME STORMS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT COULD BE STRONG... WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. PATCHY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE OVER LAKE SUPERIOR LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND AGAIN THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. LMZ221-248-250-181200- 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- 349 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TONIGHT...WITH GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND AGAIN THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. KEC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 343 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 MIZ007-172030- LUCE- 343 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHERN LUCE COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM EDT... AT 339 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MCMILLAN...OR 9 MILES WEST OF NEWBERRY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MCMILLAN... DOLLARVILLE... NEWBERRY... SOO JUNCTION... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. KLUBER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
The Coast Guard confirmed that a teenage boy drowned on the afternoon of the 17th in a structural rip current at Aronson Island in Escanaba. He was carried offshore by the rip current and then was overcome by the crashing of 3-4 foot waves.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Delta | 2014-07-17 | 14 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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