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Gale Watch 1, NWS Gaylord, MI

October 24, 2008

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this gale watch at Oct 24, 2008, 4:08 PM EDT. It took effect at Oct 26, 2008, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 24, 2008, 4:08 PM EDT (20:08 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 26, 2008, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 25, 2008, 4:02 PM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale watch went out at Oct 24, 3:50 PM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 3:50 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 24, 3:55 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
355 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008

LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041-042-
251100-
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-GRAND TRAVERSE BAY-
SEUL CHOIX PT TO MACKINAC BRDG-NORWOOD TO MACKINAC BRDG-
SLEEPING BEAR PT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LT-PT BETSIE TO SLEEPING BEAR PT-
MANISTEE TO PT BETSIE-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-
355 PM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...AS
MUCH COLDER AIR INVADES NORTHERN MICHIGAN. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG THE SHORELINE OF THE GREAT LAKES...AND
ON EXPOSED HILLTOPS.

GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
NORTHERN MICHIGAN SUNDAY...SUNDAY NIGHT...AND MONDAY.

ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT...
MAINLY IN THE SNOWBELTS OF EASTERN UPPER...NORTHWEST AND NORTH
CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL
BE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

SMITH/JZ

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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.