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Small Craft Advisory 7, NWS Gaylord, MI

March 28, 2009

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this small craft advisory at Mar 28, 2009, 3:39 AM EDT. It took effect at Mar 28, 2009, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 43 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 28, 2009, 3:39 AM EDT (07:39 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 28, 2009, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired: Mar 30, 2009, 3:28 PM EDT
In force: 43 hr
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Mar 28, 3:15 AM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 3:15 AM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 3:38 AM EDT, 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
338 AM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041-042-
291200-
STRAITS OF MACKINAC-ST IGNACE TO FALSE DETOUR CHANNEL-
MACKINAC BRDG TO PRESQUE ISLE LT-PRESQUE ISLE LT TO STURGEON PT-
STURGEON PT TO ALABASTER-GRAND TRAVERSE BAY-
SEUL CHOIX PT TO MACKINAC BRDG-NORWOOD TO MACKINAC BRDG-
SLEEPING BEAR PT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LT-PT BETSIE TO SLEEPING BEAR PT-
MANISTEE TO PT BETSIE-WHITEFISH BAY-ST. MARYS RIVER-CHIPPEWA-
MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-
OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-
OSCODA-ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-
GLADWIN-ARENAC-
338 AM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...AND ADJACENT NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN...LAKE HURON AND LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT
THEN TRACK NORTH-NORTHEAST INTO LOWER MICHIGAN BY SUNDAY MORNING.
THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING
RAIN...AND RAIN ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN...WITH SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY ACROSS NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.
CHANGES IN THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN CHANGES TO
EXPECTED PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNTS. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST
WINTER STORM WATCH FOR FURTHER DETAILS...AND STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE
UPDATES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN ACROSS ALL
OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW ON SUNDAY.
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY...PRIMARILY
ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...BEFORE THE SNOW
COMES TO AN END SUNDAY NIGHT. CHANGES IN THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS
SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN CHANGES TO EXPECTED PRECIPITATION TYPE AND
AMOUNTS. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER STORM WATCH FOR FURTHER
DETAILS...AND STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE UPDATES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ALL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND/OR ICE AT ANY
TIME DURING THIS PERIOD.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 28, 4:01 PM EDT	Winter Storm Warning	APX	Antrim, Benzie, Cheboygan, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska and 4 more	24 hr
Mar 28, 4:01 PM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	APX	Alcona, Alpena, Crawford, Missaukee, Montmorency, Ogemaw and 3 more	20 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.