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Lake Effect Snow Warning 1, NWS Gaylord, MI

January 3, 2010Grand Traverse County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this lake effect snow warning at Jan 3, 2010, 11:43 AM EST for Grand Traverse County, Michigan. It was in force for 5 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 3, 2010, 11:43 AM EST (16:43 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2010, 4:21 PM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

County Grand Traverse County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 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 3, 11:29 AM EST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 11:29 AM EST, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 3:35 AM EST, 8 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
335 AM EST SUN JAN 3 2010

LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041-042-
041200-
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-
335 AM EST SUN JAN 3 2010

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

PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE FOUND
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN ALONG AND WEST OF US-131.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ACCUMULATING LAKE ENHANCED SNOWFALL WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT
WEEK...TARGETING AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF US-131 IN NORTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS...PLEASE RELAY SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

MSB/JZ/RUNYAN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 3, 6:37 AM EST, 5 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
637 AM EST SUN JAN 03 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0636 AM     SNOW             1 W INTERLOCHEN         44.65N 85.77W
01/03/2010  M3.0 INCH        GRAND TRAVERSE     MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            12 HR TOTAL THRU 6 AM. SNOWDEPTH 18 IN.

&&

MRUNYAN
Local storm report, Jan 3, 8:31 AM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 3, 10:01 AM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 3, 10:02 AM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 10:55 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX17 hr
Jan 3, 4:21 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryAPXAntrim, Cheboygan, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Presque Isle11 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Warnings in Michigan, 2010Every lake effect snow warning in 2010

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.