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Gale Warning 84, NWS Marquette, MI

December 7, 2011

NWS Marquette, MI issued this gale warning at Dec 7, 2011, 4:48 PM EST. It took effect at Dec 8, 2011, 4:22 AM EST. It was in force for 21 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
Dec 7, 2011, 4:48 PM EST (21:48 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 8, 2011, 4:22 AM EST
Expired
Dec 9, 2011, 1:00 AM EST
In force
21 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 Dec 7, 3:54 PM EST, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 3:54 PM EST, 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 7, 4:23 PM EST, 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
423 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011

MIZ001>003-081200-
KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-
423 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...MAINLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONG
WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW. SEE THE
LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR COMPLETE DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ANY SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

MIZ006-007-081200-
ALGER-LUCE-
423 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT ALONG LAKE
SUPERIOR...MAINLY EAST OF MUNISING AND TO THE NORTH OF NEWBERRY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY
FOR AREAS WELL EAST OF MUNISING NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. SNOW SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED TO SHIFT OUT OVER LAKE SUPERIOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY
MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS
IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY EVENING...MAINLY TO THE EAST
OF MUNISING AND TO THE NORTH OF NEWBERRY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ANY SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

MIZ004-005-009>014-084-085-081200-
BARAGA-MARQUETTE-GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-
SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
423 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011 /323 PM CST WED DEC 7 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

PLAN ON WIND CHILL READINGS FALLING TO 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF THE WEST HALF OF
UPPER MICHIGAN. WIND CHILLS WILL BE AROUND ZERO OVER THE REST OF
UPPER MICHIGAN.

WIND CHILLS READINGS FROM ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED
FRIDAY NIGHT...MAINLY OVER WESTERN INTERIOR SECTIONS OF UPPER
MICHIGAN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

LSZ162-240>251-263>267-081200-
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-
423 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011 /323 PM CST WED DEC 7 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

WESTERLY GALES TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF LAKE SUPERIOR
THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

SOUTHWEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEST HALF OF LAKE
SUPERIOR ON SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

LMZ221-248-250-081200-
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-
423 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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.

JLA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 7, 3:45 PM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningMQTHoughton, Ontonagon51 hr
Dec 7, 3:45 PM ESTLake Effect Snow AdvisoryMQTAlger, Houghton, Keweenaw, Luce65 hr
Dec 7, 4:48 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMQT30 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.