Alert archive / Michigan / Blizzard Warnings in 2010
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this blizzard warning at Dec 11, 2010, 4:13 PM EST for 8 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Dec 11, 2010, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 33 hr. 26 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 11, 2010, 4:13 PM EST (21:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 11, 2010, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2010, 4:13 AM EST
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Alpena County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 9:56 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Manistee, MI | 3 HR TOTAL SINCE 7 PM. |
| Dec 11, 10:30 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Honor, MI | 4 HR TOTAL THRU 1030 PM. |
| Dec 12, 1:41 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Cross Village, MI | 4 HR TOTAL THRU 130 AM. |
| Dec 12, 2:20 AM EST | SNOW 5.4 | 1 N Wellston, MI | 8 HR TOTAL THRU 200 AM. SNOWDEPTH 10 IN. |
| Dec 12, 6:31 AM EST | SNOW 4.5 | Lake Ann, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 6 AM. |
| Dec 12, 7:22 AM EST | SNOW 7 | 4 E Honor, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 7AM. SNOWDEPTH 14 IN. |
| Dec 12, 7:50 AM EST | SNOW 6 | 1 W Interlochen, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 7AM. SNOWDEPTH 12 IN. |
| Dec 12, 8:23 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Rogers City, MI | 6 HR TOTAL THRU 8AM. SNOWDEPTH 4 IN. |
| Dec 12, 8:47 AM EST | SNOW 3.3 | 4 Nnw Pellston, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 8AM. SNOWDEPTH 10 IN. |
| Dec 12, 9:01 AM EST | SNOW 3.4 | 5 Sw Northport, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 8AM. |
| Dec 12, 9:01 AM EST | SNOW 6 | Indian River, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 9AM. SNOWDEPTH 6 IN. |
| Dec 12, 9:01 AM EST | SNOW 7.8 | 7 Ssw Traverse City, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 8AM. |
| Dec 12, 11:40 AM EST | SNOW 10.1 | 1 N Wellston, MI | 18 HR TOTAL THRU NOON. SNOWDEPTH 12 IN. |
| Dec 12, 2:30 PM EST | SNOW 9 | Rogers City, MI | 18 HR TOTAL THRU 2 PM. |
| Dec 12, 2:52 PM EST | SNOW 13 | 2 E Kingsley, MI | 18 HR TOTAL THRU 2 PM. SNOWDEPTH 20 IN. |
| Dec 12, 3:09 PM EST | SNOW 11.2 | Lake Leelanau, MI | 18 HR TOTAL THRU 2PM. |
| Dec 12, 3:30 PM EST | SNOW 13 | 1 E Cross Village, MI | 18 HR TOTAL THRU 3 PM. |
| Dec 12, 3:37 PM EST | SNOW 9 | 3 S Suttons Bay, MI | 18 HR TOTAL THRU 3PM. |
| Dec 12, 5:09 PM EST | SNOW 12 | 10 N Wolverine, MI | 24 HR TOTAL THRU 5 PM. |
| Dec 12, 5:09 PM EST | SNOW 12 | Cheboygan, MI | 24 HR TOTAL THRU 5 PM. |
| Dec 12, 5:17 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Presque Isle, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 5 PM. SNOW DEPTH 7 IN. WATER EQUIVALENT 0.30 INCHES. |
| Dec 12, 7:08 PM EST | SNOW 5 | 4 Ssw Brethren, MI | 24 HR TOTAL THRU 7 PM. SNOW DEPTH 7 IN. WATER EQUIVALENT 0.60 INCHES. |
| Dec 12, 7:15 PM EST | SNOW 4 | 3 S Traverse City, MI | 2 HR TOTAL THRU 7 PM. VERY HEAVY AND FLUFFY SNOW CONTINUES. |
| Dec 12, 7:15 PM EST | SNOW 4.3 | 4 E Honor, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 7 PM. |
| Dec 12, 7:17 PM EST | SNOW 8 | Onekama, MI | 24 HR TOTAL THRU 7 PM. |
| Dec 12, 8:10 PM EST | SNOW 6.8 | Indian River, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 8 PM. SNOW DEPTH 8 IN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 212 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
938 WWUS43 KAPX 112113 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 413 PM EST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...MAJOR SNOWSTORM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL STRENGTHEN TONIGHT AS IT TRACKS NORTHEAST...AND IS EVENTUALLY FORECAST TO CROSS FAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD NORTHERN MICHIGAN THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND BLIZZARD...TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. MIZ016-019-120515- /O.UPG.KAPX.WS.A.0002.101212T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0000Z-101213T1200Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX 413 PM EST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW DEVELOPING THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE BY LATER SUNDAY EVENING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AND WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ018-024-120515- /O.UPG.KAPX.WS.A.0002.101212T0000Z-101213T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0600Z-101213T1200Z/ PRESQUE ISLE-ALPENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS CITY...ALPENA 413 PM EST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW DEVELOPING LATER THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AND WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ020-025-026-031-120515- /O.UPG.KAPX.WS.A.0002.101212T0000Z-101213T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0000Z-101213T1200Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY... MANISTEE 413 PM EST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW DEVELOPING THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE BY LATER SUNDAY EVENING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AND WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ017-120515- /O.UPG.KAPX.WS.A.0002.101212T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0600Z-101213T1200Z/ CHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHEBOYGAN 413 PM EST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW DEVELOPING LATER THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AND WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ021-022-027>029-033-034-120515- /O.UPG.KAPX.WS.A.0002.101212T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.WS.W.0001.101212T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ ANTRIM-OTSEGO-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...KALKASKA... GRAYLING...MIO...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE 413 PM EST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH ON SUNDAY WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW DEVELOPING THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY EVENING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MIZ023-032-120515- /O.UPG.KAPX.WS.A.0002.101212T0000Z-101213T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.WS.W.0001.101212T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ MONTMORENCY-WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTA...CADILLAC 413 PM EST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW DEVELOPING THIS EVENING AND BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 15 INCHES POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY NIGHT. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS OVER 40 MPH WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MIZ035-036-041-042-120515- /O.UPG.KAPX.WS.A.0002.101212T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.WS.W.0001.101212T0600Z-101213T0000Z/ OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN... STANDISH 413 PM EST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH ON SUNDAY WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW DEVELOPING LATER THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY EVENING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MIZ008-015-120515- /O.UPG.KAPX.WS.A.0002.101212T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.WS.W.0001.101212T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAULT STE. MARIE...ST. IGNACE 413 PM EST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH ON SUNDAY WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY NIGHT. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 40 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MIZ030-120515- /O.UPG.KAPX.WS.A.0002.101212T0000Z-101213T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.WS.W.0001.101212T0600Z-101213T0000Z/ ALCONA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HARRISVILLE 413 PM EST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW DEVELOPING LATER THIS EVENING AND BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 15 INCHES POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY NIGHT. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS OVER 40 MPH WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MSB
7 follow-up statements
464 WWUS43 KAPX 120316 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1016 PM EST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...MAJOR SNOWSTORM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL STRENGTHEN TONIGHT AS IT TRACKS NORTHEAST...AND IS EVENTUALLY FORECAST TO CROSS FAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD NORTHERN MICHIGAN TONIGHT... BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY. IN ADDITION... WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY...WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND BLIZZARD...TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. MIZ016-019-020-025-026-031-121130- /O.CON.KAPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T1200Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT... FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...MANISTEE 1016 PM EST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE BY LATER SUNDAY EVENING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AND WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ017-018-024-121130- /O.CON.KAPX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0600Z-101213T1200Z/ CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-ALPENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY...ALPENA 1016 PM EST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AND WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ021>023-027>029-032>034-121130- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-WEXFORD- MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA... KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE 1016 PM EST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SUNDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH ON SUNDAY WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY EVENING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MIZ030-035-036-041-042-121130- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0001.101212T0600Z-101213T0000Z/ ALCONA-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISVILLE...WEST BRANCH... TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 1016 PM EST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SUNDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH ON SUNDAY WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY EVENING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MIZ008-015-121130- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAULT STE. MARIE...ST. IGNACE 1016 PM EST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SUNDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH ON SUNDAY WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY NIGHT. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 40 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
287 WWUS43 KAPX 120922 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 422 AM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...MAJOR SNOWSTORM THROUGH TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN GREAT LAKES THROUGH THIS EVENING. HEAVY SNOW IS ONGOING NORTH OF THE LOW...AND WILL BE WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH IN SOME AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...BUT NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY. WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG THE COASTLINES AND IN OTHER VERY EXPOSED LOCATIONS. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH MONDAY. WINDS AND SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SOME COASTAL AREAS...AND ABUNDANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILLS WILL APPROACH 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...AND 15 BELOW ZERO IN SOME INTERIOR SECTIONS OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. MIZ016-019-020-025-026-031-122200- /O.CON.KAPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T1200Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT... FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...MANISTEE 422 AM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED THROUGH TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH TODAY AND THIS EVENING WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...INTO TONIGHT. HEAVIEST SNOW THIS MORNING. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 14 INCHES BY EVENING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ017-018-024-122200- /O.CON.KAPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T1200Z/ CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-ALPENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY...ALPENA 422 AM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED OVERNIGHT THROUGH TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES INTO TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 9 TO 15 INCHES BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW INTO TONIGHT...AND WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ021>023-027>029-032>034-122200- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-WEXFORD- MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA... KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE 422 AM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED TODAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH ON TODAY WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY...MAINLY THIS MORNING. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 14 INCHES BY EVENING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY...AND NEAR LOCALIZED NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MIZ030-035-036-041-042-122200- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ ALCONA-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISVILLE...WEST BRANCH... TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 422 AM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED TODAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH TODAY WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 14 INCHES POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY EVENING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY...AND LOCALIZED NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MIZ008-015-122200- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAULT STE. MARIE...ST. IGNACE 422 AM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH TODAY WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TODAY...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVIEST SOUTH OF M-28. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 11 INCHES BY TONIGHT. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 40 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
035 WWUS43 KAPX 121626 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1126 AM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...MAJOR SNOWSTORM THROUGH TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN GREAT LAKES THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH IN SOME AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...BUT NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST CAN BE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG THE COASTLINES AND IN OTHER VERY EXPOSED LOCATIONS. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH MONDAY. WINDS AND SNOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SOME COASTAL AREAS... AND ABUNDANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILLS WILL APPROACH 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...AND 15 BELOW ZERO IN SOME INTERIOR SECTIONS OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. MIZ016-019-020-025-026-031-130030- /O.CON.KAPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T1200Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT... FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...MANISTEE 1126 AM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED THROUGH TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH TODAY AND THIS EVENING WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...INTO TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 16 INCHES BY MONDAY MORNING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ017-018-024-130030- /O.CON.KAPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T1200Z/ CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-ALPENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY...ALPENA 1126 AM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED THROUGH TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES INTO TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 9 TO 15 INCHES BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW INTO TONIGHT...AND WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ021>023-027>029-032>034-130000- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-WEXFORD- MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA... KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE 1126 AM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED TODAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH ON TODAY WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT...GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF IN INTENSITY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 16 INCHES BY EVENING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY...AND NEAR LOCALIZED NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MIZ030-035-036-041-042-130000- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ ALCONA-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISVILLE...WEST BRANCH... TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 1126 AM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED TODAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH TODAY WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY EVENING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY...AND LOCALIZED NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MIZ008-015-130000- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAULT STE. MARIE...ST. IGNACE 1126 AM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH TODAY WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF IN INTENSITY TODAY...BUT MAY STILL REMAIN LOCALLY HEAVY AROUND DRUMMOND ISLAND. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 11 INCHES BY TONIGHT. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 40 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ JPB
103 WWUS43 KAPX 122126 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 426 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...LAKE EFFECT/ENHANCED SNOW SHOWERS TAKING OVER TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE LOWER GREAT LAKES TONIGHT WILL ALLOW SNOWFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM TO WIND DOWN THIS EVENING...BUT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OFF LAKES MICHIGAN AND HURON WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT AREAS FAVORED BY NORTHERLY FLOW THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...WINDS GUSTING 30 TO 40 MPH AND HIGHER WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AND DRIFT THE NEW SNOW COVER AROUND. FALLING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PUSH WIND CHILL VALUES INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST-WEST ROADS AND IN RURAL AREAS. MIZ008-015-122230- /O.CAN.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAULT STE. MARIE...ST. IGNACE 426 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ MIZ023-029-030-130530- /O.EXT.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T1000Z/ MONTMORENCY-OSCODA-ALCONA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTA...MIO...HARRISVILLE 426 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT...AND MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES. CONTINUED GUSTY NORTH WINDS...GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVERNIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS OVER 30 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT. EAST-WEST ROADS WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MIZ032-130530- /O.EXT.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T1000Z/ WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CADILLAC 426 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT IN STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS COMING OFF LAKE MICHIGAN. WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH WILL ALSO RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES BY MONDAY MORNING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS OVER 30 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT. EAST-WEST ROADS WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MIZ016-019-020-025-026-031-130530- /O.CON.KAPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T1200Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT... FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...MANISTEE 426 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. IMPACTS... * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE GREAT LAKES WHERE WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN HEAVIER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...INTO TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED...HIGHEST AMOUNTS WEST OF M-37. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ017-018-024-130530- /O.CON.KAPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T1200Z/ CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-ALPENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY...ALPENA 426 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. IMPACTS... * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN HEAVIER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE HURON ALONG THE US-23 CORRIDOR. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LOCALIZED HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 6 INCHES BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS ACROSS PRESQUE ISLE AND ALPENA COUNTIES. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW INTO TONIGHT...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ021-022-027-028-033-034-130000- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ ANTRIM-OTSEGO-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...KALKASKA... GRAYLING...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE 426 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND ICY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS RURAL AREAS AND ALONG EAST-WEST ROADWAYS. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH EXPECTED. * ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL BE TAPERING OFF...GUSTY NORTH WINDS OVER 30 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MIZ035-036-041-042-130000- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN... STANDISH 426 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING BUT TAPER OFF IN INTENSITY. ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY...ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING BUT GRADUALLY TAPER OFF IN INTENSITY. ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. * ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL BE TAPERING OFF...GUSTY NORTH WINDS OVER 30 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
405
WWUS43 KAPX 130015
WSWAPX
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
715 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010
...LAKE EFFECT/ENHANCED SNOW SHOWERS TAKING OVER TONIGHT...
.LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE LOWER GREAT LAKES TONIGHT WILL
ALLOW SNOWFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM TO WIND DOWN THIS
EVENING...BUT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OFF LAKES MICHIGAN AND
HURON WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT AREAS FAVORED BY NORTHERLY FLOW
THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...WINDS GUSTING 30 TO 40 MPH AND
HIGHER WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AND DRIFT THE NEW SNOW COVER AROUND.
FALLING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PUSH WIND CHILL
VALUES INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.
TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST-WEST
ROADS AND IN RURAL AREAS.
MIZ021-022-027-130815-
/O.EXP.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KAPX.WW.Y.0013.101213T0015Z-101213T1000Z/
ANTRIM-OTSEGO-KALKASKA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...KALKASKA
715 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
IMPACTS...
* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN
TONIGHT. CONTINUED GUSTY NORTH WINDS...GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT
TIMES WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TOTALS
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING.
* GUSTY NORTH WINDS OVER 30 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED
VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT. EAST-WEST
ROADS WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO DRIFTING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS A COMBINATION OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL RESULT IN
SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
&&
$$
MIZ028-033>036-041-042-130115-
/O.EXP.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/
CRAWFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAYLING...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE...
WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH
715 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
$$
MIZ016-019-020-025-026-031-130815-
/O.CON.KAPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T1200Z/
EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...
FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...MANISTEE
715 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY.
IMPACTS...
* BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY
NEAR THE GREAT LAKES WHERE WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE. OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN
HEAVIER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...INTO TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL
TOTALS OF UP TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED...HIGHEST AMOUNTS WEST OF M-
37.
* GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES
IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT...AND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
&&
$$
MIZ017-018-024-130815-
/O.CON.KAPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T1200Z/
CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-ALPENA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY...ALPENA
715 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY.
IMPACTS...
* BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT WITH WIND
GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE
EXPECTED WITHIN HEAVIER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY
NEAR LAKE HURON ALONG THE US-23 CORRIDOR.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* LOCALIZED HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH TONIGHT.
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 6 INCHES BY MONDAY
MORNING...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS ACROSS PRESQUE ISLE AND
ALPENA COUNTIES.
* GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES
IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW INTO TONIGHT...AND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
&&
$$
MIZ023-029-030-130815-
/O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T1000Z/
MONTMORENCY-OSCODA-ALCONA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTA...MIO...HARRISVILLE
715 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY.
IMPACTS...
* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN
TONIGHT...AND MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES. CONTINUED GUSTY
NORTH WINDS...GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE
DIFFICULT OVERNIGHT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TOTALS
OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING.
* GUSTY NORTH WINDS OVER 30 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED
VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT. EAST-WEST
ROADS WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO DRIFTING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
&&
$$
MIZ032-130815-
/O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T1000Z/
WEXFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CADILLAC
715 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY.
IMPACTS...
* SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT IN STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS
COMING OFF LAKE MICHIGAN. WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH WILL ALSO
RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES BY MONDAY MORNING.
* GUSTY NORTH WINDS OVER 30 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED
VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT. EAST-WEST
ROADS WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO DRIFTING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
&&
$$609 WWUS43 KAPX 130301 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1001 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...LAKE EFFECT/ENHANCED SNOW SHOWERS TAKING OVER TONIGHT... .LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OFF LAKES MICHIGAN AND HURON WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT AREAS FAVORED BY NORTHERLY FLOW THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...WINDS GUSTING 30 TO 40 MPH AND HIGHER WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AND DRIFT THE NEW SNOW COVER AROUND. FALLING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PUSH WIND CHILL VALUES INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST-WEST ROADS AND IN RURAL AREAS. MIZ016-019-020-025-026-031-131115- /O.CON.KAPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T1200Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT... FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...MANISTEE 1001 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. IMPACTS... * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE GREAT LAKES WHERE WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN HEAVIER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...INTO TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED...HIGHEST AMOUNTS WEST OF M-37. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ017-018-024-131115- /O.CON.KAPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T1200Z/ CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-ALPENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY...ALPENA 1001 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. IMPACTS... * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN HEAVIER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE HURON ALONG THE US-23 CORRIDOR. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LOCALIZED HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 6 INCHES BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS ACROSS PRESQUE ISLE AND ALPENA COUNTIES. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW INTO TONIGHT...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ023-029-030-131000- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T1000Z/ MONTMORENCY-OSCODA-ALCONA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTA...MIO...HARRISVILLE 1001 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT...AND MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES. CONTINUED GUSTY NORTH WINDS...GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVERNIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS OVER 30 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT. EAST-WEST ROADS WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MIZ032-131000- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T1000Z/ WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CADILLAC 1001 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT IN STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS COMING OFF LAKE MICHIGAN. WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH WILL ALSO RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES BY MONDAY MORNING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS OVER 30 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT. EAST-WEST ROADS WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MIZ021-022-027-131000- /O.CON.KAPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-101213T1000Z/ ANTRIM-OTSEGO-KALKASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...KALKASKA 1001 PM EST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. CONTINUED GUSTY NORTH WINDS...GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS OVER 30 MPH WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT. EAST-WEST ROADS WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS A COMBINATION OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL RESULT IN SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS. && $$
931 WWUS43 KAPX 130913 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 413 AM EST MON DEC 13 2010 ...STILL WINDY WITH PLENTY OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS MORNING... .COLD AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS CONTINUE TO KICK OFF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS. FOR THE MOST PART...THESE WILL LIGHT...WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. HOWEVER...WITH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE TO BE MAJOR ISSUES...ESPECIALLY IN COASTAL AND OTHER EXPOSED LOCATIONS. MEANWHILE...BITTERLY COLD AIR IS SEEPING SOUTHWARD INTO EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. WIND CHILLS WILL LOWER TO NEAR 30 BELOW ZERO NEAR AND EAST OF THE I-75 CORRIDOR. MIZ018-024-131700- /O.CAN.KAPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.WS.W.0002.101213T0913Z-101213T1700Z/ PRESQUE ISLE-ALPENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS CITY...ALPENA 413 AM EST MON DEC 13 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IMPACTS... * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO FALLING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING. DAYTIME ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MIZ020-025-026-031-131700- /O.CAN.KAPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.WS.W.0002.101213T0913Z-101213T1700Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY... MANISTEE 413 AM EST MON DEC 13 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IMPACTS... * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO FALLING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE...WITH DAYTIME ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MIZ016-017-019-131015- /O.CAN.KAPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T1200Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-CHARLEVOIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...CHARLEVOIX 413 AM EST MON DEC 13 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. $$ MIZ032-131700- /O.CAN.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T1000Z/ /O.EXB.KAPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-101213T1700Z/ WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CADILLAC 413 AM EST MON DEC 13 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IMPACTS... * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO FALLING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE...WITH DAYTIME ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS A COMBINATION OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL RESULT IN SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS. && $$ MIZ023-029-030-131015- /O.CAN.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T1000Z/ MONTMORENCY-OSCODA-ALCONA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTA...MIO...HARRISVILLE 413 AM EST MON DEC 13 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ MIZ022-131015- /O.CAN.KAPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-101213T1000Z/ OTSEGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GAYLORD 413 AM EST MON DEC 13 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ MIZ008-015-131700- /O.NEW.KAPX.WC.Y.0002.101213T0913Z-101213T1700Z/ CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAULT STE. MARIE...ST. IGNACE 413 AM EST MON DEC 13 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. IMPACTS... * BITTERLY COLD NORTH WINDS COULD CAUSE RAPID FREEZING OF EXPOSED SKIN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-75 CORRIDOR IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MIZ021-027-131700- /O.EXT.KAPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-101213T1700Z/ ANTRIM-KALKASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCELONA...KALKASKA 413 AM EST MON DEC 13 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. IMPACTS... * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO FALLING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE...WITH DAYTIME ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS A COMBINATION OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL RESULT IN SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS. && $$ JZ
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Dec 11, 4:02 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 11, 4:02 PM EST, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
402 PM EST SAT DEC 11 2010
.SYNOPSIS.../ISSUED AT 402 PM/
A STRENGTHENING PLAINS STORM SYSTEM...WILL MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...BEFORE LIFTING NORTHEAST INTO QUEBEC MONDAY
AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL GENERATE WIDESPREAD SNOW AND GUSTY
EASTERLY WINDS...ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.
NORTHERLY WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE EXITING SYSTEM...WILL
GENERATE LAKE SNOWS ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN AND LAKE HURON SHORELINE
INTO TUESDAY.
SWR
&&
.SHORT TERM.../ISSUED AT 402 PM/...TONIGHT
HEADLINE UPGRADES TO BE DETAILED IN THE LONG TERM DISCUSSION.
19Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A DOUBLE BARRELED LOW PRESSURE CENTER
OVER EASTERN IOWA. ORIGINAL LOW FROM THIS MORNING OVER NORTH
CENTRAL IOWA BETWEEN MCW-DSM (999MB)...WITH A NEW CENTER (998MB)
DEVELOPING NEAR THE QUAD CITIES. BROAD AREA OF 4-5MB/3H PRESSURE
FALLS AHEAD OF THE LOW ACROSS ILLINOIS/INDIANA AND A VERY LOOSE
GRADIENT TO THE SOUTH ALONG THE SURFACE COLD FRONT...WHICH MEANS LOW
MAY TEND TO PROPAGATE A BIT SOUTHEAST WITH TIME AND PASS JUST SOUTH
OF THE STATE LINE. FRONTOGENETIC SNOW BAND LINED UP ACROSS UPPER
MICHIGAN...WHILE STILL QUIET ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. RADAR
COMPOSITE SHOWS A SLUG OF RAINFALL SPREADING NORTH OUT OF ILLINOIS/
WESTERN INDIANA...INDICATIVE OF LOW/MID LEVEL MOISTURE FLUX THAT
WILL GET THE SNOW GOING ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. SNOW
EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY EARLY-MID EVENING ACROSS NORTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN...BUT WILL PROBABLY HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS
FAR NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. ONSHORE FLOW OFF LAKE HURON
SUSTAINING A SHALLOW SURFACE BASED WARM LAYER ALONG NORTHEAST LOWER
SHORELINE WHERE TEMPERATURES HAVE BUMPED UP INTO THE MID 30S (37 AT
OSC). PRECIP COULD START AS MIXED RAIN/SNOW ALONG THE US-23
CORRIDOR LATER TONIGHT. FOCUS FOR HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE ACROSS
NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN INTO THE STRAITS REGION...AND PERHAPS
EXTENDING INTO FAR EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN WHERE LOW LEVEL
FRONTOGENETIC RESPONSE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST (FORECAST OMEGA
FIELDS/CROSS HAIR SIGNATURES OFF THE CHARTS). HAVE PAINTED 6-10
INCHES IN THIS HEAVY SNOW AXIS (MBL-FKS-TVC-CVX-PLN-SLH-DRM)...3-6
INCHES ACROSS THE REST OF EASTERN UPPER...4-7 INCHES EAST TO HTL-APN
LINE...AND THEN JUST 1-3 INCHES FOR THE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE FORECAST AREA WHERE THE SNOW WILL START
LAST. WINDS HAVE BEEN SLOWLY INCREASING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND
WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT FROM THE NORTHEAST AND EAST. EXPECT WIND GUSTS
OF 30-40 MPH DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL GET THE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING STARTED AS WELL.
JPB
&&
.LONG TERM.../ISSUED AT 402 PM/...SUNDAY AND BEYOND
ALL EYES DIRECTED TO SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM SET TO VISIT OUR
NORTH WOODS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. ONE LOOK AT WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY THIS AFTERNOON TELLS THE TALE...WITH CLASSIC COMMA HEAD
SATELLITE PRESENTATION BACK ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY...NORTH OF DIGGING AND DEEPENING MID LEVEL LOW PRESSURE
CUTTING ACROSS IOWA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ALREADY IMPRESSIVE
ENOUGH...WITH SEVERAL REPORTS NEARING A FOOT ACROSS SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA (CLASSIC MET TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE WITH HEAVIEST SNOWS JUST
NORTH OF NORTHWARD ARCHING DRY SLOT). AS ONE CAN IMAGINE GIVEN
ABOVE...FORECAST CONCERNS ARE MANY...FOCUSING MOST SPECIFICALLY ON
HEAVY SNOWFALL AND HIGH WIND CONCERNS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...ALONG
WITH HEADLINE DECISION MANAGEMENT.
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...SNOW...AND PLENTY OF IT. INITIAL FGEN/WAA
WING OF SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO TROWAL/DEFORMATION DYNAMICS AS
UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE CUTS ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY...WITH
ATTENDANT SURFACE LOW CUTTING DUE EAST ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN LOWER
MICHIGAN. (FINALLY...DECENT AGREEMENT AMONGST ALL MODELS ON THIS
SCENARIO...WITH LATER PHASING OF NORTHERN STREAM ENERGY PREVENTING A
FURTHER NORTH SOLUTION). WHILE MOISTURE PROGS WITH THIS SYSTEM NOT
TERRIBLY IMPRESSIVE (PWATS AT MOST A HALF INCH)...GREAT DEFORMATION
DYNAMICS UNDERCUT BY EXTENDED TROWAL...COUPLED WITH EXCELLENT OMEGA
PEGGED IN THE DGZ AND EVIDENCE OF MID LEVEL INSTABILITY (BROAD AREA
OF -EPV)...SHOULD SUPPORT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WITHIN
THE BROAD SNOW SHIELD...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE MIGHTY MAC. LAKE
ENHANCEMENT WILL ONLY ADD TO THE SNOWFALL POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS NORTHEAST LOWER AND FAR WESTERN AREAS (ALONG AND SOUTH OF
TVC) IN BACKING NORTHEAST TO NORTH FLOW REGIME UNDER INCREASINGLY
FAVORABLE OVER-WATER INSTABILITY (UPPER TEENS DELTA T/S BY MID
AFTERNOON). BASED OFF THE ABOVE...FULLY EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7
INCHES ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS CENTERED ALONG AND
EAST OF THE M-33 CORRIDOR AND WEST OF M-37.
WHILE SYNOPTIC SNOWS WILL BE ENDING SUNDAY NIGHT...LAKE ENHANCEMENT
WILL TAKE CENTER STAGE...ESPECIALLY IN FAVORED NORTH FLOW AREAS OF
NORTHEAST LOWER AND FAR WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN...WITH DELTA T/S
INCREASING TO GREATER THAN 20C. SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL...BUT GREATEST
CONCERN ACTUALLY LIES ACROSS NORTHEAST LOWER...WHERE SYNOPTIC MOISTURE
SUPPORT LOOKS TO HOLD ON THROUGH THE NIGHT. AS FOR ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL...ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES AREA WIDE (MAINLY DURING THE
EVENING)...WITH AS MUCH AS 3 TO 5 INCHES IN SAID LAKE ENHANCEMENT
ZONES.
THAT WAS PART ONE OF THE EQUATION. PART TWO WILL BE INCREASINGLY
GUSTY WINDS AS PRESSURE GRADIENT RAMPS UP SIGNIFICANTLY BETWEEN
990ISH SOUTHERN LAKES LOW PRESSURE AND 1040MB HIGH PRESSURE NOSING
INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. WIND PROGS SUPPORT AS SUCH...WITH NAM-WRF
SHOWING 40 TO 50 KNOTS JUST OFF THE DECK. WHILE NOT ALL OF THIS WILL
MIX DOWN...STILL EXPECTING FREQUENT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30MPH
OVER INLAND AREAS...WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45MPH ALONG THE LAKE
MICHIGAN AND NORTHEAST LOWER LAKE HURON COASTAL ZONES. NOT ONLY WILL
THIS PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...BUT BITTER COLD
WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO SUNDAY NIGHT.
NOW...ON TO THE HEADLINES. GIVEN EXPECTED COASTAL WINDS IN EXCESS OF
40 MPH AND HEAVY SNOWS (BOTH SYNOPTIC AND LAKE INDUCED)...HAVE
UPGRADED PARTS OF THE LAKE MICHIGAN AND LAKE HURON COASTAL COUNTIES
TO BLIZZARD WARNINGS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. CAN EASILY EXPECT
FREQUENT PERIODS OF NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COASTLINES OF THESE COUNTIES...WITH NEARLY IMPASSABLE ROADS
CONDITIONS DEVELOPING. ELSEWHERE...WINTER STORM WARNINGS WILL
SUFFICE GIVEN COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW. EVEN IN
THESE AREAS...WOULD EXPECT NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...AND
WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS POTENTIAL WITHIN THE TEXT OF THE WINTER STORM
WARNING PRODUCT.
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...ARCTIC PLUNGE CONTINUES WITH NORTH TO
NORTH-NORTHWEST WINDS PREVAILING BEHIND DEPARTING SOUTHEAST CANADA
LOW PRESSURE. LAKE EFFECT SNOWS EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD IN FAVORED
AREAS FOR ABOVE WIND ALIGNMENTS...WITH DELTA T/S EXCEEDING 20C.
FROM THAT STANDPOINT ALONE...LAKE SNOW SHOULD BE PRETTY DECENT.
HOWEVER...MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY PEEL OFF TO THE NORTHEAST...
LEAVING 850MB-700MB RH VALUES BELOW 30 PERCENT BY LATER MONDAY. IN
ADDITION...BUFKIT PROFILES SHOW INVERSION LEVELS REMAINING SUB
5KFT THROUGH THE DURATION. THESE SHOULD EASILY OFFSET EXCELLENT
INSTABILITY...RESULTING IN JUST A COUPLE ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOW
THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. AWAY FROM THE LAKE SNOWS...EXPECT NOTHING
MORE THAN A FEW FLURRIES OR SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. HIGHS ON
MONDAY WILL ONLY REACH INTO THE TEENS...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS MONDAY
BACK INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS (IF NOT COLDER).
REST OF THE FORECAST (TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...WITH ATTENTION
DIRECTED TO EARLIER PERIODS...NOT A WHOLE LOT OF TIME TO PERUSE LATEST
TRENDS FOR THIS TIME. STILL LOOKING LIKE SOME LINGERING LIGHT
LAKE-INDUCED SNOWS FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...BEFORE CONDITIONS
DRY OUT WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW RETURNS NEXT
WEEKEND WITH INDICATIONS NEXT MOISTURE STARVED SHORTWAVE ROTATING
THROUGH THE LAKES IN INCREASINGLY BLOCKY UPPER LEVEL NOAM FLOW
REGIME. A SLOW MODERATING TREND IS EXPECTED...WITH HIGHS ON TUESDAY
IN THE TEENS..."WARMING" WELL INTO THE 20S...TO LOWER 30S...BY NEXT
WEEKEND.
MSB
&&
.MARINE.../ISSUED AT 402 PM/
A LONG DURATION STRONG WINTER STORM STILL ON TARGET TO AFFECT THE
GREAT LAKES TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. INCREASINGLY TIGHT PRESSURE
GRADIENT...COUPLED WITH EXCELLENT OVER-WATER INSTABILITY... EASILY
SUPPORTS WIDESPREAD GALE CONDITIONS...WITH ISOLATED STORM FORCE
WIND GUSTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. LATEST GUIDANCE
VERIFIES THIS POTENTIAL...WITH PROGS SHOWING 40 TO 50 KNOTS NORTH
WIND LOW LEVEL JET CORE OVER THE LAKES ON BACKSIDE OF DEPARTING
STORM SYSTEM ON SUNDAY. GIVEN ABOVE...HAVE SIMPLY REPLACED ALL
INHERITED WATCHES WITH THEIR WARNING COUNTERPART... STARTING
TONIGHT...RUNNING THROUGH MONDAY.
MSB
&&
.AVIATION.../ISSUED AT 1245 PM/...VALID FOR 18Z TAFS
SNOW WILL MOVE IN THIS EVENING...WITH CONDITIONS BECOMING LIFR IN
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF
30-40KTS DEVELOPING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY.
&&
.APX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY
FOR MIZ008-015-021>023-027>029-032>034.
BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST MONDAY FOR
MIZ016-019-020-025-026-031.
BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY FOR MIZ017-
018-024.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY FOR MIZ030-035-
036-041-042.
LM...GALE WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EST MONDAY FOR
LMZ323-341-342.
STORM WARNING FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 5 PM EST MONDAY FOR LMZ344>346.
LH...GALE WARNING FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EST MONDAY FOR
LHZ345>349.
LS...GALE WARNING FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 5 PM EST MONDAY FOR LSZ321-322.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 11, 4:56 AM EST, 11 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 456 AM EST SAT DEC 11 2010 LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041-042- 121300- 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- 456 AM EST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... 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 SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE EAST AND GUST TO 30 MPH...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PLEASE THE LATEST WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM. GALES FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY ON PORTIONS OF THE LAKE MICHIGAN NEARSHORE WATERS TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT NORTHERN MICHIGAN SUNDAY AND MONDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL...STRONG NORTH WINDS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THIS STORM SYSTEM. IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON TRAVELING IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN SUNDAY OR MONDAY...STAY TUNED FOR UPDATED FORECAST INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN ALL NORTHERN MICHIGAN NEARSHORE ZONES SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH STORM FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE WITHIN SOME OF THE NORTHWEST LOWER LAKE MICHIGAN NEARSHORE ZONES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS...PLEASE RELAY SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. JK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 4:47 AM EST | Gale Warning | APX | 4 days | |
| Dec 11, 4:13 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | APX | Alcona, Antrim, Arenac, Crawford, Gladwin, Iosco and 8 more | 36 hr |
| Dec 11, 4:26 PM EST | Storm Warning | APX | 43 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.