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Lake Effect Snow Warning 3, NWS Gaylord, MI

January 29, 20095 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this lake effect snow warning at Jan 29, 2009, 11:38 AM EST for 5 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 28 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 29, 2009, 11:38 AM EST (16:38 UTC)
Expired: Jan 30, 2009, 3:57 PM EST
In force: 28 hr
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI

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

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:36 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 Jan 29, 10:21 AM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 10:21 AM EST, 1 hour 17 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
Jan 29, 3:54 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	APX	Manistee	24 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Warnings in Michigan, 2009 Every lake effect snow warning in 2009

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.