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Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Marquette, MI

November 30, 200713 counties in Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this winter storm warning at Nov 30, 2007, 5:11 PM EST for 13 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Dec 1, 2007, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 30, 2007, 5:11 PM EST (22:11 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 1, 2007, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 2, 2007, 1:00 PM EST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI

Counties Alger County, MI, Baraga County, MI, Delta County, MI, Dickinson County, MI, Gogebic County, MI, Houghton County, MI, Iron County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI, Luce County, MI, Marquette County, MI, Menominee County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI, Schoolcraft County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 216 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2007-11-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2007-11-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, 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 this winter storm warning went out at Nov 30, 4:40 PM EST, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 4:40 PM EST, 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 30, 4:52 PM EST, 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
452 PM EST FRI NOV 30 2007

MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-011200-
KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-
GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
452 PM EST FRI NOV 30 2007 /352 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEPOSIT UP TO 5 INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHWEST UPPER MICHIGAN
NORTH OF ONTONAGON TONIGHT. UP TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL NEAR
LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF MUNISING TONIGHT. ALSO...NORTHWEST WIND
GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR OVER
THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA AND EAST OF MUNISING WILL CAUSE AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER
STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE PLAINS WILL BRING A WIDESPREAD
8 TO 12 INCH SNOWFALL TO WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN LATE
SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET...FREEZING
RAIN...AND RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AT LOCATIONS NEAR
LAKE MICHIGAN. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORE
DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION
REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

LSZ162-240>251-263>267-011200-
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-
452 PM EST FRI NOV 30 2007 /352 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE
SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

WEST TO NORTHWEST GALE FORCE WINDS OVER THE EAST HALF OF LAKE
SUPERIOR WILL DIMINISH BELOW GALE FORCE THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

PERIODS OF GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. SEE THE LATEST FORECAST FOR
THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE SUPERIOR FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ221-248-250-011200-
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-
452 PM EST FRI NOV 30 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE
LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

KC

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 30, 11:13 AM EST, 5 hours 58 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 30, 12:32 PM EST, 4 hours 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 30, 4:56 AM ESTSnow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryMQTAlger, Luce6 hr
Nov 30, 4:56 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchMQTAlger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 7 more12 hr
Nov 30, 10:56 AM ESTLake Effect Snow AdvisoryMQTSchoolcraft16 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Michigan, 2007Every winter storm warning in 2007

Sources

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