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Lake Effect Snow Warning 8, NWS Marquette, MI

December 7, 2011Houghton County, Ontonagon County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this lake effect snow warning at Dec 7, 2011, 3:45 PM EST for Houghton County, Ontonagon County, Michigan. It took effect at Dec 8, 2011, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 42 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, 3:45 PM EST (20:45 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 8, 2011, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 9, 2011, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Marquette, MI

Counties Houghton County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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 Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this lake effect snow warning went out at Dec 7, 12:45 PM EST, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 12:45 PM EST, 3 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 7, 5:21 AM EST, 10 hours 24 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 7, 3:45 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	MQT	Alger, Houghton, Keweenaw, Luce	65 hr
Dec 7, 4:48 PM EST	Gale Warning	MQT		32 hr
Dec 7, 4:48 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		30 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Warnings in Michigan, 2011 Every lake effect snow 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.