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Gale Warning 68, NWS Marquette, MI

August 24, 2011

NWS Marquette, MI issued this gale warning at Aug 24, 2011, 10:50 AM EDT. It took effect at Aug 24, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 13 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
Aug 24, 2011, 10:50 AM EDT (14:50 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 24, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT
Expired
Aug 25, 2011, 6:00 AM EDT
In force
13 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 Aug 24, 7:50 AM EDT, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 7:50 AM EDT, 3 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 5:38 AM EDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
538 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-251200-
KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-
GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
538 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011 /438 AM CDT WED AUG 24 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL EXIST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. WINDS
MAY GUST UP TO 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ALGER COUNTY
BEACHES THIS EVENING.

EXPECT AN ELEVATED RISK OF WILDFIRES THIS AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY
OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN AND LOCATIONS ALONG LAKE
SUPERIOR THAT HAVE RECEIVED VERY LITTLE RAIN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF
WEEKS. SEE THE LATEST WILDFIRE POTENTIAL STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND THEN AGAIN MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

LSZ162-240>251-263>267-251200-
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-
538 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011 /438 AM CDT WED AUG 24 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR
THIS MORNING.

GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER
PORTIONS OF LAKE SUPERIOR. A GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEE THE LATEST
MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY AND OVER WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR
ON SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

LMZ221-248-250-251200-
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-
538 AM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. A GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEE THE LATEST
MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 4:44 AM EDTWind AdvisoryMQTHoughton, Keweenaw11 hr
Aug 24, 5:20 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMQT31 hr

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.