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Gale Warning 56, NWS Marquette, MI

March 21, 2011

NWS Marquette, MI issued this gale warning at Mar 21, 2011, 5:09 PM EDT. It took effect at Mar 22, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 38 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
Mar 21, 2011, 5:09 PM EDT (21:09 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 22, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 23, 2011, 10:19 PM EDT
In force
38 hr
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Mar 21, 4:47 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 4:47 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 4:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
408 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011

MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-221200-
KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-
GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
408 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011 /308 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS POSSIBLE OVER MOST OF THE WEST HALF OF UPPER
MICHIGAN LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS COULD LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SEE THE LATEST
WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS AND BE SURE TO MONITOR
LATER FORECASTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SNOWFALL REPORTS WITH THIS WINTER STORM WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

LSZ162-240>251-263>267-221200-
LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND
PORTAGE MN BEYOND 5NM-SAXON HARBOR WI TO BLACK RIVER MI-
BLACK RIVER TO ONTONAGON MI-
ONTONAGON TO UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI-
UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO EAGLE RIVER MI-
EAGLE RIVER TO MANITOU ISLAND MI-
MANITOU ISLAND TO POINT ISABELLE MI-
POINT ISABELLE TO LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI-
LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO HURON ISLANDS MI INCLUDING
KEWEENAW AND HURON BAYS-HURON ISLANDS TO MARQUETTE MI-
MARQUETTE TO MUNISING MI-MUNISING TO GRAND MARAIS MI-
GRAND MARAIS TO WHITEFISH POINT MI-
LAKE SUPERIOR FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE
CANAL MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER INCLUDING ISLE
ROYALE NATIONAL PARK-
LAKE SUPERIOR FROM UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL TO MANITOU
ISLAND MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER-
LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI
BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE-
LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF A LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI
AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER
BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE-
LAKE SUPERIOR FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO WHITEFISH POINT MI 5NM OFF
SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER-
408 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011 /308 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE
SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

EAST GALE FORCE WINDS OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING OVER THE WESTERN HALF LAKE SUPERIOR AND GALES UP TO
35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OVER
THE EAST HALF OF LAKE SUPERIOR. SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
AND LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST FOR MORE INFORMATION.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS ALSO POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING OVER MUCH OF LAKE SUPERIOR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.

LMZ221-248-250-221200-
GREEN BAY NORTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND
PASSAGE-SEUL CHOIX POINT TO POINT DETOUR MI-
5NM EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRPORT MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-
408 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE
LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

EAST GALE FORCE WINDS TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 5:09 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMQT3 days

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Michigan, 2011Every gale warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.