Alert archive / Michigan / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this winter storm warning at Mar 22, 2011, 5:42 AM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Mar 22, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr. 11 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 2011, 5:42 AM EDT (09:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 22, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2011, 1:47 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
Counties Delta County, MI, Dickinson County, MI, Gogebic County, MI, Iron County, MI, Menominee County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2:20 AM EDT | SNOW 3 | Menominee, MI | STORM TOTAL SNOW SO FAR. ALSO REPORTED THAT SNOW WAS BLOWING AND DRIFTING. |
| Mar 23, 6:00 AM EDT | SNOW 3 | 6 Sw Ford River, MI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 23, 8:25 AM EDT | SNOW 2.4 | 1 Sse Norway, MI | 12 HOUR SNOWFALL. 0.25 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT. STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 23, 9:00 AM EDT | SNOW 9 | 1 Ssw Menominee, MI | STORM TOTAL SINCE 9 PM LAST NIGHT. STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 23, 10:00 AM EDT | SNOW 5.4 | Daggett, MI | 12 HOUR REPORT. STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 23, 10:00 AM EDT | SNOW 10.1 | 1 Se Menominee, MI | 12 HOUR REPORT. 1.12 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT. |
| Mar 23, 11:34 AM EDT | SNOW 3.5 | 5 Ese Norway, MI | 3 TO 4 INCHES IN LAST 12 HOURS. STILL SNOWING HARD WITH OCCASIONAL BLOWING SNOW. |
| Mar 23, 12:30 PM EDT | SNOW 2.2 | Iron Mountain, MI | STORM TOTAL. |
| Mar 23, 12:53 PM EDT | SNOW 13 | Wallace, MI | STORM TOTAL. STILL LIGHTLY SNOWING. |
| Mar 23, 1:12 PM EDT | SNOW 8.2 | Carney, MI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 23, 1:12 PM EDT | SNOW 8.3 | Carney, MI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. STILL SNOWING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 185 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
553 WWUS43 KMQT 220942 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 542 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL SLIDE INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS LOW INTO UPPER MICHIGAN. THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE WISCONSIN BORDER...WHERE LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF ONE FOOT MAY OCCUR BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. DRY AIR WILL LIMIT SNOWFALL OVER THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA AND ALSO IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW IS STILL IN QUESTION AND THIS WILL AFFECT WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW OCCURS. STRONG EAST WINDS MAY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND COULD ALSO DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AS THE HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATES. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MIZ012-222115- /O.UPG.KMQT.WS.A.0004.110322T2100Z-110324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0002.110322T2100Z-110324T0000Z/ MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MENOMINEE 442 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WET SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. EXPECT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO A FOOT POSSIBLE. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG THE BAY OF GREEN BAY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY M-35 AND IN THE CITY OF MENOMINEE. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE LIKELY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * THE STRONG WINDS AND WET HEAVY SNOW MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-009>011-222115- /O.UPG.KMQT.WS.A.0004.110322T2100Z-110324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0002.110322T2100Z-110324T0000Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER... IRON MOUNTAIN 542 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 /442 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM EDT /4 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM EDT /4 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WET SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. EXPECT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES...HIGHEST NEAR THE WISCONSIN BORDER. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS AROUND ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE LIKELY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * THE STRONG WINDS AND WET HEAVY SNOW MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-222115- /O.UPG.KMQT.WS.A.0004.110323T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0002.110323T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE 542 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WET SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. EXPECT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES...HIGHEST NEAR ESCANABA. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BAY OF GREEN BAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE LIKELY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS AND WET HEAVY SNOW MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-005-222115- /O.UPG.KMQT.WS.A.0004.110323T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WW.Y.0006.110323T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE 542 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WET SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. THE GREATEST SNOW TOTALS WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM HERMAN TO ISHPEMING...NEGAUNEE AND GWINN. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE LIKELY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS AND WET HEAVY SNOW MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ084-222115- /O.UPG.KMQT.WS.A.0004.110322T2100Z-110324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WW.Y.0006.110323T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENTON...SIDNAW 542 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WET SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. EXPECT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...HIGHEST NEAR KENTON AND SIDNAW. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE LIKELY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS AND WET HEAVY SNOW MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-014-085-222115- /O.NEW.KMQT.WW.Y.0006.110323T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ ALGER-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...MANISTIQUE... SENEY 542 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WET SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. EXPECT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES...HIGHEST NEAR KENTON AND SIDNAW. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE LIKELY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS AND WET HEAVY SNOW MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ TITUS
6 follow-up statements
271 WWUS43 KMQT 221445 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1045 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL SLIDE INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS LOW INTO UPPER MICHIGAN. THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE WISCONSIN BORDER...WHERE LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF ONE FOOT MAY OCCUR BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. DRY AIR WILL LIMIT SNOWFALL OVER THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA AND ALSO IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW IS STILL IN QUESTION AND THIS WILL AFFECT WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW OCCURS. STRONG EAST WINDS MAY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND COULD ALSO DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AS THE HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATES. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MIZ012-222200- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.110322T2100Z-110324T0000Z/ MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MENOMINEE 945 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WET SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. EXPECT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO A FOOT POSSIBLE. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG THE BAY OF GREEN BAY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY M-35 AND IN THE CITY OF MENOMINEE. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE LIKELY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * THE STRONG WINDS AND WET HEAVY SNOW MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-009>011-222200- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.110322T2100Z-110324T0000Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER... IRON MOUNTAIN 1045 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 /945 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM EDT /4 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WET SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. EXPECT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES...HIGHEST NEAR THE WISCONSIN BORDER. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS AROUND ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE LIKELY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * THE STRONG WINDS AND WET HEAVY SNOW MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-222200- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.110323T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE 1045 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WET SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. EXPECT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES... HIGHEST NEAR ESCANABA. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BAY OF GREEN BAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE LIKELY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS AND WET HEAVY SNOW MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-014-085-222200- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0006.110323T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ ALGER-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...MANISTIQUE... SENEY 1045 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WET SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. EXPECT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES...HIGHEST NEAR TRENARY AND MANISTIQUE. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE LIKELY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS AND WET HEAVY SNOW MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-005-084-222200- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0006.110323T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE...KENTON... SIDNAW 1045 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WET SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. THE GREATEST SNOW TOTALS WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM HERMAN TO ISHPEMING...NEGAUNEE AND GWINN. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE LIKELY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS AND WET HEAVY SNOW MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$
079 WWUS43 KMQT 222016 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 416 PM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM OVER PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL SLIDE INTO NORTHERN INDIANA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A RELATIVELY NARROW SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS LOW WHICH WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN. THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE WISCONSIN BORDER. DRY AIR FROM A LARGE SURFACE HIGH OVER ONTARIO WILL LIMIT SNOWFALL OVER THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. THE OVERALL IMPACTS THE DRY AIR WILL HAVE ON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IS STILL IN QUESTION. STRONG EAST WINDS MAY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MIZ006-014-085-222130- /O.CAN.KMQT.WW.Y.0006.110323T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ ALGER-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...MANISTIQUE... SENEY 416 PM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS WILL USHER DRIER AIR INTO THE AREA LIMITING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. * SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND AND INCH NEAR THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE TO AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES NEAR MANISTIQUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * SOME ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ012-230430- /O.EXT.KMQT.WS.W.0002.110323T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MENOMINEE 316 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WET SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND FALL HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNT NEAR MENOMINEE. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG THE BAY OF GREEN BAY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY M-35 AND IN THE CITY OF MENOMINEE. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE LIKELY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-009>011-230430- /O.EXT.KMQT.WS.W.0002.110323T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER... IRON MOUNTAIN 416 PM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 /316 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WET SNOW WILL WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNT ALONG AND SOUTH OF US 2. * SNOWFALL TOTALS OVER NORTHERN ONTONAGON COUNTY NEAR ONTONAGON WILL BE 2 INCHES OR LESS. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE LIKELY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-230430- /O.EXT.KMQT.WS.W.0002.110323T0300Z-110324T0000Z/ DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE 416 PM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WET SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS AROUND ESCANABA AND FARTHER SOUTH. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BAY OF GREEN BAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE LIKELY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-005-084-230430- /O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0006.110323T0600Z-110324T0000Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE...KENTON... SIDNAW 416 PM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * THE GREATEST SNOW TOTALS WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHERN MARQUETTE COUNTY NEAR ARNOLD AND SOUTH OF M28 IN BARAGA AND HOUGHTON COUNTIES. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$
821 WWUS43 KMQT 230103 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 903 PM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM TRACKING FARTHER SOUTH... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN IOWA THIS EVENING WILL MOVE EAST INTO NORTHERN INDIANA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES BY LATE IN THE DAY WEDNESDAY. A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE NORTH OF THE LOW TRACK WILL IMPACT ONLY SOUTHERN UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW IN THESE AREAS AS WELL...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BAY OF GREEN BAY. OVER NORTHERN UPPER MICHIGAN...EXPECT DRY...CANADIAN AIR ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN ONTARIO TO PREVENT ANY SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. EXPECT LINGERING SNOW OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL TO END ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE LOW MOVES FARTHER TO THE EAST. MIZ011-230915- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0003.110323T0300Z-110323T1800Z/ DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON MOUNTAIN 803 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SOME BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 7 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL NEAR THE WISCONSIN BORDER. THE LEAST SNOW WILL FALL OVER NORTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-230915- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0002.110323T0300Z-110324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WW.Y.0007.110323T0300Z-110323T1800Z/ DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE 903 PM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS REPLACED THE WINTER STORM WARNING WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER MAINLY SOUTHERN DELTA COUNTY BY LATE THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING IN THE AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 6 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL SOUTH OF ESCANABA. EXPECT THE LEAST SNOW OVER NORTHERN DELTA COUNTY. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BAY OF GREEN BAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE LIKELY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ009-010-230915- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WW.Y.0007.110323T0300Z-110323T1500Z/ GOGEBIC-IRON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER 803 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS REPLACED THE WINTER STORM WARNING WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE... WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL NEAR THE WISCONSIN BORDER. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE LIKELY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-230215- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ ONTONAGON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ONTONAGON 903 PM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND ACCUMULATE NO MORE THAN AN INCH BEFORE DIMINISHING TO ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EVEN A SMALL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL MAKE ROADS SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ004-005-084-230215- /O.CAN.KMQT.WW.Y.0006.110323T0600Z-110324T0000Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE...KENTON... SIDNAW 903 PM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND ACCUMULATE NO MORE THAN AN INCH BEFORE DIMINISHING TO ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EVEN A SMALL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL MAKE ROADS SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ012-230915- /O.EXT.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110323T2100Z/ MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MENOMINEE 803 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND FALL HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTH HALF OF MENOMINEE COUNTY. LOOK FOR THE SNOW TO DIMINISH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 9 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL NEAR THE CITY OF MENOMINEE. EXPECT THE LEAST SNOW NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG THE BAY OF GREEN BAY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY M-35 AND IN THE CITY OF MENOMINEE. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE LIKELY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ KC
966 WWUS43 KMQT 230903 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 503 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM OVER SOUTHERN UPPER MICHIGAN... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN IOWA WILL MOVE EAST INTO NORTHERN INDIANA THIS MORNING AND THEN INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES BY LATE TODAY. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT ONLY SOUTHERN UPPER MICHIGAN INTO THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW IN THESE AREAS AS WELL... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BAY OF GREEN BAY. OVER NORTHERN UPPER MICHIGAN...EXPECT DRY...CANADIAN AIR ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN ONTARIO TO PREVENT ANY SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. MIZ009-231015- /O.CAN.KMQT.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110323T1500Z/ GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRONWOOD 403 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONLY AN INCH OR LESS. IMPACTS... * PATCHY SNOW OR ICE COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ012-231715- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110323T2100Z/ MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MENOMINEE 403 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE. LOOK FOR THE SNOW TO DIMINISH FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 8 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL NEAR THE CITY OF MENOMINEE. EXPECT THE LEAST SNOW NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THIS MORNING ALONG THE BAY OF GREEN BAY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY M-35 AND IN THE CITY OF MENOMINEE. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ011-231715- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110323T1800Z/ DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON MOUNTAIN 403 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE THIS MORNING AND ENDING IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 6 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL NEAR THE WISCONSIN BORDER. THE LEAST SNOW WILL FALL OVER NORTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-231715- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110323T1800Z/ DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE 503 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS MORNING AND END EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL SOUTH OF ESCANABA. EXPECT THE LEAST SNOW OVER NORTHERN DELTA COUNTY. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BAY OF GREEN BAY. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ010-231500- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110323T1500Z/ IRON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON RIVER 403 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT SNOW TO DIMINISH AND END BY LATE THIS MORNING. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE... WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL NEAR THE WISCONSIN BORDER EAST OF CRYSTAL FALLS. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ JLB
879 WWUS43 KMQT 231607 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1207 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM DISSIPATING OVER SOUTHERN UPPER MICHIGAN... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN INDIANA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY AS THE BEST MOISTURE AND LIFT FOR SNOW EXITS SOUTHERN UPPER MICHIGAN AS WELL. SNOW WILL BE DISSIPATING OVER SOUTHERN UPPER MICHIGAN INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. MIZ011-231715- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110323T1800Z/ DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON MOUNTAIN 1107 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... SNOW HAS DISSIPATED AND WILL END EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. && $$ MIZ013-231715- /O.CAN.KMQT.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110323T1800Z/ DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE 1207 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... SNOW HAS DISSIPATED AND WILL END THIS AFTERNOON. && $$ MIZ012-232100- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110323T2100Z/ MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MENOMINEE 1107 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN DIMINISH TO FLURRIES. * LOOK FOR 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES TO FLURRIES BY MID AFTERNOON. * EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES INTO EARLY AFTERNOON ALONG THE BAY OF GREEN BAY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY M-35 AND IN THE CITY OF MENOMINEE. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE EXPECTED INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NWS MARQUETTE...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ VOSS
247 WWUS43 KMQT 231747 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 147 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 MIZ012-231900- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110323T2100Z/ MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MENOMINEE 1247 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... HEAVY SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF TO LIGHT SNOW AND WILL END BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AN INCH OR LESS OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. && $$ VOSS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 22, 5:07 AM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 5:07 AM EDT, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
507 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011
.DISCUSSION...
...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO EFFECT MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY...
SCATTERED LES WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AS 850MB TEMPS
CURRENTLY SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE LES WILL COOL SLIGHTLY THROUGH THE
DAY. NE WINDS WILL BECOME MORE EASTERLY BY THIS EVENING...KEEP THE
LES OVER THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA AND HURON MOUNTAINS. NO SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED UNTIL THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM ARRIVES TONIGHT.
MAIN FOCUS FOR THIS FORECAST SHIFT IS WITH THE MAJOR WINTER STORM
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. MODELS SHOW A 500MB CLOSED LOW MOVING FROM MT
AT 18Z TUE TO SW WI/SE MN BY 18Z WED...BEFORE BECOMING MORE OF AN
OPEN WAVE OVER THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES BY 00Z THU. 850MB CLOSED LOW
LOOKS TO MOVE FROM S MN AT 12Z WED...BEFORE BECOMING ELONGATED FROM
S MN TO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES BY 18Z WED AS IT MERGES WITH LOW
PRESSURE OFF THE EAST COAST. OVERALL...THE 850MB LOW LOOKS TO TRACK
OVER CENTRAL WI...WHICH WILL FAVOR FAR S/SW PORTIONS OF THE CWA WITH
THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL FROM THE ACCOMPANYING TROWAL FEATURE JUST N OF
THE 850MB LOW. THE NAM IS AN OUTLIER IN SHOWING THE 850MB LOW
FARTHER S THAN OTHER MODELS...CENTERED OVER THE WI/IL BORDER...WHICH
DRASTICALLY REDUCED SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR MUCH OF THE CWA. FOR THIS
FORECAST...WENT WITH THE ECMWF AND GFS...WHICH ALSO FOLLOWED THE
CANADIAN MODEL WELL. THE ACCOMPANYING SFC LOW WILL MOVE FROM E NE AT
18 TUE...TO S MN BY 06Z WED...THEN SE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY 00Z
THU. BY 00Z THU...THERE WILL BE A 1040MB HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER
NORTHERN ONTARIO WITH A RIDGE DROPPED DOWN ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT
LAKES. THE HIGH CENTER WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THE
EVENT...CREATING A HIGH PRESSURE GRADIENT AND STRONG WINDS (40-50KTS
ALOFT) OVER THE CWA.
AS FAR AS AMOUNTS AND TIMING GOES...PRECIP BEGINS MOVING INTO FAR SW
CWA AROUND 00Z WED...AND WILL BE MOSTLY OUT OF THE CWA AROUND 00Z
THU. STORM TOTAL SNOW WILL BE HIGHEST (GREATER THAN 1 FOOT POSSIBLE)
NEAR THE WI BORDER...WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION (LESS THAN 1 INCH)
EXPECTED OVER THE FAR N KEWEENAW PENINSULA AND OVER FAR NE UPPER MI.
THIS VERY SHARP GRADIENT IN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE DEFINING
ADVISORY VS WARNING VS NO HEADLINES DIFFICULT...AS SMALL VARIATIONS
IN THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM WILL CHANGE NEEDED HEADLINES
SIGNIFICANTLY.
UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WILL COME FROM 300MB DIVERGENCE RESULTING FROM
JET STREAKS OVER SOUTHERN QUEBEC AND NW ONTARIO AND FROM SOUTHERN
PLAINS INTO MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. STRONG 600MB FGEN AND 700MB
MIXING RATIOS AROUND 4G/KG WILL BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF HEAVY
SNOWFALL. GIVEN THAT THE SFC LOW WILL TRACK FAR S OF THE CWA...MIXED
PRECIP WILL NOT BE MUCH OF AN ISSUE THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE
STORM. ANOTHER DETAIL THAT MUST BE CONSIDERED IS WITH HIGH WINDS
THAT MAY LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER MENOMINEE COUNTY...WITH
THE E WINDS COMING OFF GREEN BAY. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40MPH ARE NOT OUT
OF THE QUESTION IN MENOMINEE COUNTY...BUT LOWER SLRS (10-15:1) WITH
THIS SYSTEM MAY NOT LEAD TO AS MUCH BLSN. ANOTHER HAZARD IS THE
POSSIBILITY OF TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE
SNOW AND HIGH WINDS. ANOTHER TRICKY FEATURE WILL BE DRY AIR NORTH OF
THE SYSTEM (850MB DEW PT DEPRESSIONS GREATER THAN 30C) THAT WILL
LIKELY LIMIT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER FAR N AND NE UPPER MI. 850MB
TEMPS AROUND -9C MAY LEAD TO LAKE ENHANCEMENT IN MARQUETTE AND
BARAGA COUNTIES...BUT DRY AIR TO THE NORTH MAY ALSO IMPEDE ON THIS.
WITH THE THOUGHT THAT DRY AIR TO THE NORTH MAY WIN OUT AGAINST
SNOW...CONSIDERABLY DECREASING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...ISSUED WINTER
STORM WARNINGS FOR ONTONAGON...GOGEBIC...IRON...DICKINSON...
MENOMINEE...AND DELTA COUNTIES. SOUTHERN HOUGHTON...BARAGA...
MARQUETTE...ALGER...AND SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTIES ARE IN AN ADVISORY.
THERE IS CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY THAT THE DAY SHIFT WILL HAVE TO
UPGRADE ADVISORIES TO WARNINGS (AND MAY NEED TO TWEAK TIMING
A BIT)...BUT FOR NOW CONFIDENCE ON THE EXACT PLACEMENT IS JUST NOT
HIGH ENOUGH TO ISSUE WARNINGS FOR THESE LOCATIONS. TO
REITERATE...THERE IS VERY HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT WARNING CRITERIA WILL
BE MET IN THE CWA (CLOSER TO THE WI BORDER)...BUT HOW FAR NORTH THE
PRECIP MAKES IT INTO THE CWA IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT CANNOT BE SAID
ENOUGH WITH THIS SYSTEM THAT SMALL CHANGES IN THE TRACK OF THE
SYSTEM WILL MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
OVERALL...THERE IS VERY HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT A VERY HIGH IMPACT
WINTER STORM WILL EFFECT MUCH OF THE CWA...ESPECIALLY LOCATIONS NEAR
THE WISCONSIN BORDER. HEAVY SNOW...HIGH WINDS...AND LOW RATIO SNOW
WILL MAKE FOR SOME VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS.
&&
.AVIATION /FOR THE 06Z TAF ISSUANCE/...
CHALLENGING FORECAST THIS GO AROUND. CIGS CONTINUE TO VARY BETWEEN
MVFR AND IFR THIS EVENING...BUT SHOULD BECOME IFR AT KCMX AS UPSLOPE
FLOW CONTINUES TO ESTABLISH ITSELF OVER THE KEWEENAW. A FEW BANDS OF
SNOW REPORTED THERE BRIEFLY DROPPING VISIBILITIES TO MVFR...AND HAVE
INCLUDED THIS IN LATEST TAF. RADAR INDICATING A POSSIBLE BAND OF LES
FORMING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR WHICH WILL IMPACT KSAW AT
TIMES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ONCE WINDS SHIFT A BIT MORE
NE...ANY LINGERING LES TO DISSIPATE AS DRIER AIR WORKS IN. MVFR CIGS
HOLD THROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURS WITH IFR CIGS RETURNING WITH
APPROACHING STORM AND INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND UPSLOPE FLOW.
&&
.MARINE /FOR THE 4 AM LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST ISSUANCE/...
EAST TO NORTHEAST GALES UP TO 45 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TUE ACROSS THE
WEST HALF OF LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY INTO WED EVENING ACROSS MOST OF THE
LAKE AS A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOPS BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE
MOVING FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND A STRONG HIGH
PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR HUDSON BAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE WRN PORTION OF THE LAKE. WITH THE HIGHER WINDS...HEAVY
FREEZING SPRAY WILL ALSO DEVELOP TUE NIGHT AND WED AND LAST INTO THU
MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH WED NIGHT INTO THU AS THE CANADIAN HIGH
PRES BUILDS INTO THE REGION. GALE LOOKS LIKELY ON LAKE MICHIGAN
WATERS WITH TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT THERE TUE NIGHT THROUGH WED
MORNING.
&&
.MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UPPER MICHIGAN...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY FOR MIZ004>006-014-084-085.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 5 PM EDT /4 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR MIZ002-009>012.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY FOR MIZ013.
LAKE SUPERIOR...
GALE WARNING FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR
LSZ265-266.
GALE WARNING FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR
LSZ264.
GALE WARNING FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR
LSZ245-246.
GALE WARNING FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR
LSZ243-244.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ THURSDAY FOR LSZ162-263.
LAKE MICHIGAN...
GALE WARNING FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR
LMZ248-250.
&&
DISCUSSION...TITUS
AVIATION...RJT
MARINE...JLBHazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 4:08 PM EDT, 13 hours 34 minutes 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. 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 5:42 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | Alger, Baraga, Houghton, Marquette, Schoolcraft | 15 hr |
| Mar 22, 5:11 PM EDT | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | MQT | 39 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.