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Lake Effect Snow Warning 1, NWS Gaylord, MI

January 1, 20085 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this lake effect snow warning at Jan 1, 2008, 4:45 AM EST for 5 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 18 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
Jan 1, 2008, 4:45 AM EST (09:45 UTC)
Expired
Jan 1, 2008, 10:56 PM EST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Benzie County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Wexford County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 290 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2008-01-01Temperature 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2008-01-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 4:45 AM ESTLake Effect Snow AdvisoryAPXAlcona, Alpena, Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska and 7 more27 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Warnings in Michigan, 2008Every lake effect snow warning in 2008

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.