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Lake Effect Snow Warning 12, NWS Gaylord, MI

December 3, 2008

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this lake effect snow warning at Dec 3, 2008, 4:05 PM EST. It took effect at Dec 3, 2008, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 39 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: Dec 3, 2008, 4:05 PM EST (21:05 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 3, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 5, 2008, 10:00 AM EST
In force: 39 hr
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lake effect snow warning 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 lake effect snow warning went out at Dec 3, 3:07 PM EST, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 3:07 PM EST, 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 3, 5:00 AM EST, 11 hours 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 3, 3:21 PM EST, 44 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 3, 4:36 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	APX		3 days
Dec 3, 4:38 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	APX	Antrim, Benzie, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Grand Traverse and 3 more	54 hr
Dec 3, 4:38 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	APX	Alpena, Benzie, Cheboygan, Manistee, Missaukee, Montmorency and 4 more	47 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Warnings in Michigan, 2008 Every 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.