A cold front moving through the area produced a severe thunderstorm over Gladstone on the afternoon of the 26th.
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A cold front moving through the area produced a severe thunderstorm over Gladstone on the afternoon of the 26th.
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 26, 2:25 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 325 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 701 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014(TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT) LATEST WV SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS SHORTWAVE OVER SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN THIS AM WITH AREA OF CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH FRONT PUSHING AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE OVER NORTHERN ONTARIO/MN ARROWHEAD REGION. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD LOSE STEAM AS IT DRIFTS TO THE EAST THIS MORNING INTO INCREASINGLY STABLE AIR PER LATEST BUFKIT SOUNDINGS. DRIER AIR PUSHES INTO THE REGION TODAY AHEAD OF THE SHORTWAVE AND WILL BRING TO AN END ANY PRECIPITATION THAT PERSISTS. WITH DECREASING CLOUDS WITH INCREASE MIXING ON THE LOWER LEVELS DUE TO DECENT 850-500 MB Q VECTOR DIVERGENCE...AREA TO SEE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE TODAY EXCEPT FOR FAR EAST WHERE CLOUDS TO LINGER LONGEST. STILL LOTS OF MOISTURE AROUND CENTRAL AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN ALTHOUGH THE WEST WILL MIX OUT QUITE WELL THUS SOME LIGHT SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO MAY DEVELOP AS LAKE BREEZES DEVELOP AND MOVE INLAND. WITH 850 MB TEMPS RISING TO AROUND 16 C OVER THE WI BORDER REGION AND WITH WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE WINDS IN PLACE HAVE CONTINUED TREND OF HOLDING A FEW DEGREES ABOVE GUIDANCE FOR AFTERNOON HIGHS. EXPECT LOWER/MID 80S ALONG AREAS FAVORED BY DOWNSLOPE WINDS WITH SOME MODERATION ALONG THE GREAT LAKES SHORES. FOR TONIGHT...SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW PUSHES INTO THE REGION. COMBINATION OF SFC FRONT AND DECENT 850-500 MB Q VECTOR CONVERGENCE MOVING INTO THE REGION BRINGS THE HIGHER CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION. THE BETTER FORCING ARRIVES AFTER MAX HEATING WITH MU CAPES ON THE WANE BY THE TIME THE BETTER FORCING ARRIVES. STILL ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO WARRANT MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL LATE EVENING/EARLY MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AFTER THEN. TEMPERATURES WILL STILL STAY ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES OVERNIGHT WITH PERSISTENT CLOUD AND WITH COLD AIR ADVECTION HOLDING OFF BEYOND THE SHORT TERM FORECAST. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 701 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 FOR SUNDAY...NO MAJOR CHANGES PLANNED. THE UPPER LOW OVER THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES WILL MOVE JUST SOUTH OF AREA ON SUNDAY AS IT INTERACTS WITH THE DEEP TROUGH OVER HUDSON BAY. THIS WILL ALLOW THE SURFACE LOW TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING...CAUSING THE FORECAST AREA TO BE UNDER THE COMMA HEAD MOISTURE AREA FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. AS SUCH...IT LOOKS LIKE THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE UNDER THE BEST UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION DUE TO THE DEFORMATION AXIS AND LOW LEVEL FRONTOGENETIC CIRCULAION. IN ADDITION...THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL SEE UPSLOPE FLOW DUE TO N-NE LOW LEVEL FLOW AS THE DAY GOES ON. WILL THEREFORE INCREASE POPS IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE FORECAST AREA TO CATEGORICAL. REGARDLESS...IT LOOKS LIKE A COOL AND DAMP DAY ON SUNDAY...MORE LIKE SEPTEMBER THAN LATE JULY. HOWEVER...THE LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST FAIRLY RAPIDLY BY SUNDAY EVENING...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS/UPPER MS VLY SUNDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...STRONG COLD/DRY ADVECTION AND DOWNWARD MOTION WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR PRECIPITATION TO MOVE OUT OF THE REGION LATE SUN AFTN/SUN EVENING AND SKIES TO CLEAR OUT. WITH 850MB TEMPS DROPPING TO +6C ACROSS THE REGION...EXPECT A CHILLY NIGHT WITH TEMPS DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 40S/LOWER 50S. WITH THE WINDS STAYING UP...DO NOT EXPECT TEMPS TO BOTTOM OUT AS MUCH AS ONE WOULD THINK WITH THESE TYPE OF 850MB TEMPS AND THE DRYING ALOFT /PWAT VALUES LOWER TO BELOW 0.75 IN/. IN THE EXTENDED PERIODS...WITH THE UPPER TROUGH REMAINING IN PLACE ACROSS THE EAST...EXPECT SOMEWHAT UNSETTLED AND COOL WEATHER TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK...ALTHOUGH A GRADUAL WARMUP WILL BE IN STORE TOWARD THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL AT LEAST BE SMALL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS OR STORMS EACH AFTERNOON WITH THE UPPER TROUGH AND COOL AIR ALOFT...AND NUMEROUS SHORT WAVES ROTATING THROUGH THE AREA IN NW FLOW. WILL THEREFORE HAVE TO MAINTAIN CHANCE POPS FOR THE INTERIOR PARTS OF THE AREA EACH DAY IN THE EXTENDED DUE THE LIKELIHOOD OF DIURNAL TYPE SHOWERS THROUGH THE WEEK. HOWEVER...MANY SPOTS WILL NOT SEE RAINFALL DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. TEMPS WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEK...ALTHOUGH WILL RISE TO CLOSER TO NORMAL BY FRIDAY. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 322 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 VFR CEILINGS AND VIS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WILL SLOWLY FALL OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS THE MAIN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER S MANITOBA CROSSES THE REGION. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE S OF THE 3 TAF SITES...SO WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY TS MENTION AT THIS TIME. MVFR TO IFR CEILINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND DAYBREAK SUNDAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE BEING AT CMX...WITH FAVORABLE E FLOW OFF LAKE SUPERIOR. UPSLOPE N-NE WINDS WILL DEVELOP AT SAW BY MID-LATE MORNING...KEEPING LOWER CEILINGS GOING THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. && .MARINE...(FOR THE 4 PM LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST ISSUANCE) ISSUED AT 322 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 WINDS AROUND 25KTS OR LESS WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE PERIOD. A TROUGH ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION WILL EXIT TO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES ON SUNDAY...BEFORE DEEPENING MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. IN THE MEANTIME...LOOK FOR A LARGE HIGH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT. IT WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY ACROSS THIS SAME AREA TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...WHILE A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DIPS ACROSS ONTARIO MONDAY NIGHT...AND LAKE SUPERIOR ON TUESDAY. && .MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... UPPER MICHIGAN... NONE. LAKE SUPERIOR... NONE. LAKE MICHIGAN... NONE. && SHORT TERM...RJT LONG TERM...MRD AVIATION...KF MARINE...KF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 410 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-270815- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 410 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 /310 AM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN. NONE OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN ON SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY...WEDNESDAY...THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON INLAND FROM THE GREAT LAKES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-270815- 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- 410 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 /310 AM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014/ 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 THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATER TONIGHT. NONE OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...ALTHOUGH OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. PATCHY DENSE FOG IS ALSO EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY PATCHY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LMZ221-248-250-270815- 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- 410 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. NONE OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE ALTHOUGH OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. MRD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1239 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 MIZ007-261730- LUCE- 1239 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LUCE COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM EDT... AT 1238 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES EAST OF GRAND MARAIS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... DEER PARK... PIKE LAKE... BETSY LAKE... CRISP POINT... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. KF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 117 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 MIZ005-006-011-261800- ALGER-DICKINSON-MARQUETTE- 117 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR ALGER...DICKINSON AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT/100 PM CDT/... AT 114 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEGAUNEE TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF ISHPEMING TO 10 MILES EAST OF WITCH LAKE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PEA SIZED HAIL HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... PALMER... SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN... TROWBRIDGE PARK... SANDS... BEAVER GROVE... K I SAWYER... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. KF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 158 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 MIZ005-006-011>013-261900- ALGER-DELTA-DICKINSON-MARQUETTE-MENOMINEE- 158 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR ALGER...DELTA...DICKINSON... MARQUETTE AND MENOMINEE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT/200 PM CDT/... AT 156 PM EDT/1256 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DEERTON TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF K I SAWYER TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLORENCE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES EAST OF MARQUETTE TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF MARQUETTE TO 11 MILES NORTH OF IRON MOUNTAIN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... CARLSHEND... SUNDELL... NORTHLAND... MCFARLAND... TRAUNIK... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. KF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 258 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 MIZ006-013-014-085-261945- ALGER-DELTA-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 258 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR ALGER...DELTA AND SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT... AT 255 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHATHAM TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF RAPID RIVER TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATSON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTH OF MUNISING TO 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF ESCANABA TO 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF ESCANABA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ST. NICHOLAS... FISH LAKE... SCHAEFFER... RAPID RIVER... HYDE... ENSIGN... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. VOSS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Delta County Sheriff reported one large tree down in the city of Gladstone.
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