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Fire Weather Watch 3, NWS Gaylord, MI

May 17, 201222 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this fire weather watch at May 17, 2012, 4:21 PM EDT for 22 counties in Michigan. It took effect at May 18, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 17, 2012, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
In effect from: May 18, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 18, 2012, 4:09 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI

All 22 counties

Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Antrim County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Wexford County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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 fire weather watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this fire weather watch went out at May 16, 7:00 PM EDT, 21 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 7:00 PM EDT, 21 hours 21 minutes before

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.