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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

January 17, 200810 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this winter storm watch at Jan 17, 2008, 4:04 PM EST for 10 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jan 18, 2008, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 17, 2008, 4:04 PM EST (21:04 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 18, 2008, 4:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 18, 2008, 4:17 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

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

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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 winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 17, 12:44 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 12:44 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 17, 4:19 AM ESTSnow AdvisoryAPX30 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Michigan, 2008Every winter storm watch 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.