A strong thunderstorm moving through Gogebic County produced tree damage from Black River Harbor to Ironwood and Wakefield on the afternoon on the 16th.
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A strong thunderstorm moving through Gogebic County produced tree damage from Black River Harbor to Ironwood and Wakefield on the afternoon on the 16th.
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 16, 11:36 AM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 136 PM EDT SUN JUN 16 2013 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 1157 AM EDT SUN JUN 16 2013 MAIN UPDATE THIS MORNING IS TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE POPS BASED OFF LATEST TRENDS IN THE HIGH RES MODELS FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. FIRST...THINK THE INITIAL LOCATION FOR SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE OVER EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. THIS IS WHERE THE SURFACE DEWPOINTS REMAIN IN THE LOWER 60S BEHIND THE FOG THAT LEFT A COUPLE HOURS AGO. THAT INCREASED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND THE SUNSHINE HAS ALLOWED ML CAPE VALUES TO 500 J/KG AND WILL RISE A LITTLE FURTHER OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. WITH THAT INSTABILITY AND LAKE BREEZE ALREADY AFFECTING THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE...THINK THE INSTABILITY WILL BUILD THE CU ALREADY DEVELOPING THERE INTO SHOWERS WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. AS THAT DEVELOPS...WOULD THINK IT WOULD SHIFT SOUTHEAST FAIRLY QUICKLY BASED OFF MODEL STORM MOTION TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 35KTS. THE REST OF THE AREA HAS BEEN LIMITED BY THE FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL DRY AIR OVER THE CWA WITH THE SURFACE TROUGH AND INCREASED MOISTURE FARTHER TO THE NORTH. EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A THIN POCKET OF MOISTURE BETWEEN 800-700MB...DON/T THINK THAT WILL BE ENOUGH TO DEVELOP SHOWERS UNTIL THE DEEPER MOISTURE ARRIVES. ESPECIALLY SINCE DEWPOINTS HAVE BEEN MIXING OUT AND ARE ALREADY IN THE LOWER 50S OVER THE WESTERN CWA. THIS INCREASING MOISTURE CAN BE SEEN ON WV IMAGERY SLOWLY MOVING SOUTH OVER NORTHERN LAKE SUPERIOR. ONCE THIS MOISTURE ARRIVES...IT WILL COMBINE WITH SHORTWAVE ENERGY DROPPING SOUTHEAST FROM LAKE WINNIPEG AND INCREASED INSTABILITY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA TO INITIATE SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THEN...AS THOSE STORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON...THEY WILL BEGIN TO INFLUENCE THE AREA DURING THE LATER AFTERNOON HOURS. FINALLY...THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN AND NEAR THE WISCONSIN BORDER THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO A SMALL POCKET OF INCREASED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE FOG OVERNIGHT. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 529 AM EDT SUN JUN 16 2013 TODAY...AFTER PATCHY FOG DISSIPATES SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE...EXPECT PLENTY OF SUNSHINE FOR MOST AREAS THIS MORNING AS FCST SNDGS SHOW A LOT OF DRY AIR FM 850-500 MB. THIS DRY AIR IS FCST TO SLIDE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY AS THE UPPER LOW WEST OF LAKE WINNIPEG BEGINS TO SHEAR AND OPEN UP WHILE SENDING PIECES OF ENERGY ACROSS THE AREA. THE ABUNDANT SUNSHINE TO START THE DAY WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO QUICKLY RISE WELL INTO THE 70S...WITH A FEW VALUES IN THE LOWER 80S OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL. BY AFTERNOON THE APPROACHING SHORTWAVE FROM SRN SASKATCHEWAN WILL HELP PUSH AN ELONGATED SFC TROUGH INTO THE AREA BRINGING WITH IT INCREASING 800-500MB MOISTURE WHICH SHOULD HELP FORM SOME HIGH BASED DIURNAL CU. MODIFIED FCST SNDGS INDICATE 400-600 J/KG CAPE AVAILABLE SO KEPT IN SOME SLIGHT CHC TO LOW CHC POPS (20-30 PCT) FOR SHRA/TSRA THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHEST POPS OVER CENTRAL AND EAST WHERE CONVERGING LAKE BREEZES COULD HELP INITIATE CONVECTION. EXPECT THE SEVERE THREAT TO BE LIMITED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM DUE TO FAIRLY TALL/SKINNY CAPE AS NAM SNDGS SHOW NCAPE VALUES 0.1 OR LESS...ALTHOUGH DEEP LAYER SHEAR VALUES ARE IN THE 30-40KT RANGE. GUSTY WINDS WITH STORMS COULD MAYBE BE A CONCERN OVER FAR SCNTRL CWA WHERE NAM SHOWS DCAPE VALUES APPROACHING 700 J/KG AND AN INVERTED V LOOK TO FCST SNDGS. AT THIS POINT...BELIEVE SVR RISK IS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN HWO. TONIGHT...SHORTWAVE/CLOSED LOW OVER SASKATCHEWAN IS FCST TO WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY AS IT GETS SHEARED ESE IN THE FLOW BTWN RIDGE OVER THE ROCKIES AND AMPLIFYING ERN CANADA TROF. MODELS SHOW BEST DEEP LAYER Q-VECT CONV PASSING BY TO THE SW AND S OF UPPER MI TONIGHT/MON. AS SUCH...WILL CONTINUE JUST CHC POPS FOR SHRA/TSRA TONIGHT WITH GENERALLY HIGHEST POPS OVER WEST HALF CLOSER TO BETTER FORCING FROM PASSING SHORTWAVE. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 529 AM EDT SUN JUN 16 2013 THE WEATHER IN THE LONG TERM WILL NOT CHANGE DRAMATICALLY...WITH NO SIGNIFICANT PATTERN CHANGES IN SIGHT. EXPECT 500MB LOW PRESSURE TO REMAIN OVER NE CANADA AND HUDSON BAY THROUGH THE ENTIRE PERIOD. WILL START OUT MONDAY WITH A GOOD AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER...THANKS TO COOL N FLOW OFF LAKE SUPERIOR /850MB TEMPS NEAR 7C ALONG THE SHORE/ AND THE 500MB SHORTWAVE BREAKING UP THE WEAK NW TO ZONAL FLOW. THE SHORTWAVE WILL SLIDE IN FROM NE MN AND ONTARIO EARLY...WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE 500MB LOW SPINNING NEAR JAMES BAY ON MONDAY WILL SWING ANOTHER WAVE DOWN FROM ONTARIO MONDAY NIGHT...WITH VERY LITTLE IMPACT AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES AT THE SFC. FEW CLOUDS...LIGHT WINDS...AND COOL TEMPS FALLING INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR PATCHY FROST ACROSS THE INTERIOR W HALF OF UPPER MI AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. DRY WEATHER SHOULD THEN BE THE RULE THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY...AS THE SFC HIGH SLOWLY SINKS ACROSS LOWER MI. EXPECT A SLOW AND STEADY WARMUP EACH DAY...WITH LAKE BREEZES LIKELY EACH AFTERNOON...COOLING DOWN NEAR SHORE AREAS. WAA WILL INTENSIFY WEDNESDAY...WITH 850MB TEMPS RISING TO AROUND 10C BY THE END OF THE DAY. THERE COULD BE A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...OR MORE THAN LIKELY JUST INCREASED CLOUD COVER...ASSOCIATED WITH YET ANOTHER WAVE SWEEPING ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES ON OUR QUICK NW FLOW ALOFT. ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY WET PERIOD POP WISE FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...IT WILL BE A LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST BEYOND THIS PERIOD. THE CONSENSUS IS TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THE FAR EASTERN AREAS A BIT DRIER...WITH A SFC LOW ORGANIZING ACROSS THE PLAINS STATES FOR THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. THE BEST DYNAMICS LOOK TO STAY TO OUR SOUTH...AS THE SFC LOW SLIDES TOWARD LAKE MI AND LOWER MI SATURDAY NIGHT. IF THAT OCCURS...IT WILL GIVE THE EAST END OF UPPER MI A GOOD CHANCE OF RECEIVING A WETTING RAIN. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 136 PM EDT SUN JUN 16 2013 AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH A SURFACE TROUGH DROPPING SOUTH ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. DRY AIR CURRENTLY OVER UPPER MICHIGAN HAS BEEN KEEPING THE DIURNAL CU IN CHECK SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON. BUT AS THE DISTURBANCE NEARS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE. THEY SHOULD AFFECT KCMX/KIWD FIRST AS THEY QUICKLY SLIDE SOUTHEAST FROM THE MN ARROWHEAD. WILL HOLD OFF ON THUNDER MENTION FOR ALL BUT KIWD DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING/LOCATION OF THE SHOWERS. FELT CONFIDENT ENOUGH WITH A LINE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS NEARING DULUTH TO MENTION THUNDER AT KIWD...BUT LEFT OUT OTHERWISE. THE SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING...AS THE FRONT AND SHORTWAVE PASS THROUGH THE AREA. OVERNIGHT...EXPECT THE THUNDER THREAT TO DIMINISH AND SLIDE SOUTH. MEANWHILE...LIGHT NORTHERLY FLOW BEHIND THE SFC TROUGH WILL TRY TO PULL LOW CLOUDS INTO THE AREA. THESE CLOUDS HAVE BEEN SEEN OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO TODAY...BUT THE MODELS HAVE BEEN VARYING ON IF THEY WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. TO COMPLICATE MATTERS...SOME FOG LINGERS OVER EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...WHICH COULD SHIFT TOWARDS KSAW/KCMX WITH THE WINDS SHIFT AND ADDITIONAL MOISTENING FROM THE SHOWERS. SINCE IT IS LATER IN THE PERIOD...OPTED TO PLAY THE MIDDLE GROUND AT THIS POINT /MVFR CEILINGS/ BUT IFR OR LOWER CEILINGS/VISIBILITY IS POSSIBLE AT KCMX/KSAW. && .MARINE...(FOR THE 4 AM LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST ISSUANCE) ISSUED AT 529 AM EDT SUN JUN 16 2013 EXPECT WINDS LESS THAN 20KT ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR THRU THE FCST PERIOD AS PRES GRADIENT WILL REMAIN GENERALLY WEAK...TYPICAL OF THE WARM SEASON. THERE MAY BE SOME FOG PATCHES THRU SUN EVENING BEFORE DRIER AIR BEGINS TO SURGE S INTO THE AREA. IF SOME RAINFALL OCCURS OVER THE LAKE...FOG WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO FORM AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD/DENSE. && .MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... UPPER MICHIGAN... NONE. LAKE SUPERIOR... NONE. LAKE MICHIGAN... NONE. && UPDATE...SRF SHORT TERM...VOSS LONG TERM...KF AVIATION...SRF MARINE...VOSS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 144 PM EDT SUN JUN 16 2013 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-171200- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 144 PM EDT SUN JUN 16 2013 /1244 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING OVER MAINLY SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN...WELL INLAND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR. PATCHY FROST IS POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE INTERIOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...THEN ACROSS MAINLY WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...AND ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE. THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SUBMIT REPORTS AT OUR WEBPAGE...FACEBOOK PAGE...OR ON TWITTER. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-171200- 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- 144 PM EDT SUN JUN 16 2013 /1244 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT EXPECT PATCHY TO AREAS OF FOG WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING OVER EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...OVER WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA ONCE AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE. THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SUBMIT REPORTS AT OUR WEBPAGE...FACEBOOK PAGE...OR ON TWITTER. LMZ221-248-250-171200- 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- 144 PM EDT SUN JUN 16 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH ANOTHER ROUND POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE. THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SUBMIT REPORTS AT OUR WEBPAGE...FACEBOOK PAGE...OR ON TWITTER. SRF
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 166 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:14 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A spotter reported a few poplar trees and several small branches knocked down from Black River Harbor to Ironwood and Wakefield. Time of the event was estimated from radar.
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