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Lake Effect Snow Warning 1, NWS Gaylord, MI
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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</html>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.
&&
MRUNYANLocal storm report, Jan 3, 8:31 AM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 10:55 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 17 hr | |
| Jan 3, 4:21 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | APX | Antrim, Cheboygan, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Presque Isle | 11 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.