Alert archive / Michigan / Blizzard Watches in 2008
Blizzard Watch 2, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this blizzard watch at Feb 8, 2008, 4:49 AM EST for 5 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Feb 9, 2008, 3:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 8, 2008, 4:49 AM EST (09:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 9, 2008, 3:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2008, 4:48 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
Counties Alger County, MI, Houghton County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI, Luce County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard watch went out at Feb 8, 4:32 AM EST, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 4:32 AM EST, 17 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 4:49 AM EST | Wind Chill Watch | MQT | Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron, Menominee | 24 hr |
| Feb 8, 4:12 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | Houghton, Schoolcraft | 13 hr |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.