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Winter Storm Watch 7, NWS Gaylord, MI

April 3, 200712 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this winter storm watch at Apr 3, 2007, 5:21 AM EDT for 12 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Apr 4, 2007, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2007, 5:21 AM EDT (09:21 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 4, 2007, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 4, 2007, 3:55 AM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Wexford County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Apr 3, 4:35 AM EDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 4:35 AM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 4:23 PM EDT, 12 hours 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
423 PM EDT MON APR 2 2007

LHZ345>349-361-362-LMZ323-341-342-344-345-363-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-
015>036-041-042-031000-
STRAITS OF MACKINAC-ST IGNACE TO FALSE DETOUR CHANNEL-
MACKINAC BRDG TO PRESQUE ISLE LT-PRESQUE ISLE LT TO STURGEON PT-
STURGEON PT TO ALABASTER-MICHIGAN WATERS OF NORTHERN LAKE HURON-
MICHIGAN WATERS OF CENTRAL LAKE HURON-GRAND TRAVERSE BAY-
SEUL CHOIX PT TO MACKINAC BRDG-NORWOOD TO MACKINAC BRDG-
SLEEPING BEAR PT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LT-MANISTEE TO SLEEPING BEAR PT-
MICHIGAN WATERS OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN-WHITEFISH BAY-
ST. MARYS RIVER-CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-
CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-
GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-
MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
423 PM EDT MON APR 2 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE HURON...LAKE
MICHIGAN...LAKE SUPERIOR...EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH MICHIGAN TOMORROW INTO
WEDNESDAY. IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SYSTEM...THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF M-72 ON TUESDAY. SEVERE WEATHER
IS NOT EXPECTED...THOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL IS A POSSIBILITY.

COLD AIR WRAPPING INTO THE STORM WILL BRING THE INCREASING
LIKELIHOOD FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW OVER EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN
TOMORROW NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. WINTER STORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN
POSTED FOR THIS AREA DURING THIS PERIOD.

THE THREAT FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL SHIFT SOUTH TO INCLUDE MUCH
OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY. THE MOST LIKELY AREAS FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL BE ACROSS NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...
WHERE SEVERAL INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

WINDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE NORTHWEST ON
WEDNESDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE INLAND AND GALE
CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON THE LAKES.

ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT SNOW LOOKS TO CONTINUE FROM WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS TIME
COULD BE SIGNIFICANT IN SOME AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT...BUT MAY BE NEEDED
FOR SNOWFALL REPORTS BY WEDNESDAY.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 5:21 AM EDT	Winter Storm Warning	APX		23 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.