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Lake Effect Snow Warning 5, NWS Gaylord, MI

February 18, 20087 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this lake effect snow warning at Feb 18, 2008, 4:31 AM EST for 7 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 10 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
Feb 18, 2008, 4:31 AM EST (09:31 UTC)
Expired
Feb 18, 2008, 2:12 PM EST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Otsego County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Feb 17, 6:17 PM EST, 10 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 6:17 PM EST, 10 hours 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 2:12 PM ESTLake Effect Snow AdvisoryAPXAntrim, Benzie, Crawford, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau and 4 more25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.