Alert archive / Michigan / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this winter storm warning at Feb 28, 2012, 4:25 AM EST for 13 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Feb 29, 2012, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 20 hr. 60 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
- Feb 28, 2012, 4:25 AM EST (09:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 29, 2012, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 9:18 PM EST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
Counties Alger County, MI, Baraga County, MI, Delta County, MI, Dickinson County, MI, Gogebic County, MI, Houghton County, MI, Iron County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI, Luce County, MI, Marquette County, MI, Menominee County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI, Schoolcraft County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 4:15 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Gladstone, MI | |
| Feb 29, 5:15 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 1 Ene Bessemer, MI | 2-3 INCHES OF SNOW WITHIN THE LAST 12 HOURS |
| Feb 29, 5:15 AM EST | SNOW 6.2 | Daggett, MI | |
| Feb 29, 6:10 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 1 Ene Bessemer, MI | 2-3 INCHES OF SNOW WITHIN THE LAST 12 HOURS |
| Feb 29, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 W Ishpeming, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Feb 29, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 2 Wnw Ironwood, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Feb 29, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 4 Wnw Gladstone, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Feb 29, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.2 | 1 Sw Gladstone, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Feb 29, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 9 | 3 S Iron River, MI | 12 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Feb 29, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 10 | 1 Sw Thousand Island La, MI | APPROXIMATELY 12 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Feb 29, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 12.5 | 4 Nne Iron Mountain, MI | DELAYED REPORT. 12 HOUR SNOWFALL. 0.83 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT. |
| Feb 29, 7:28 AM EST | SNOW 8.7 | 4 Ne Iron Mountain, MI | 12 HOUR TOTAL. STILL HEAVILY SNOWING...VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. |
| Feb 29, 7:30 AM EST | SNOW 4.7 | 5 Se Watersmeet, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Feb 29, 7:50 AM EST | SNOW 4.5 | 1 W Bark River, MI | ESTIMATED 4 TO 5 INCHES. DIFFICULT TO MEASURE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WAS LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. STILL SNOWING HEAVILY. |
| Feb 29, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 1 Nw Garden Corners, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Feb 29, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 5 Ene Garden Corners, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Feb 29, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.4 | 3 Sse Rapid River, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Feb 29, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 7.2 | 1 Se Menominee, MI | DELAYED REPORT. 12 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 29, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 8.5 | 2 Sse Norway, MI | 12 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Feb 29, 8:05 AM EST | SNOW 8 | Iron Mountain, MI | 12 HOUR TOTAL. STILL SNOWING HEAVILY. |
| Feb 29, 8:40 AM EST | SNOW 9 | 5 Wsw Iron River, MI | APPROXIMATELY 12 HOUR TOTAL. MOST SNOW FELL BETWEEN 3 AM AND 840 AM. SNOWING LIGHTLY AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Feb 29, 9:00 AM EST | SNOW 6 | Menominee, MI | 12 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Feb 29, 9:06 AM EST | SNOW 4.2 | L'Anse, MI | STORM TOTAL FROM APPROXIMATELY 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY TO 2 PM EST WEDNESDAY. |
| Feb 29, 9:33 AM EST | SNOW 9 | Iron River, MI | 3 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Feb 29, 9:35 AM EST | SNOW 5.5 | Arnold, MI | STILL SNOWING HEAVILY. TOTAL SINCE THIS MORNING AT 7 AM. |
| Feb 29, 10:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 3 Wsw Little Girls Poin, MI | STARTED SNOWING APPROXIMATELY 545 AM. |
| Feb 29, 10:00 AM EST | SNOW 5 | Escanaba, MI | TOTAL SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING/TIME UNKNOWN. |
| Feb 29, 10:00 AM EST | SNOW 13 | 2 Sse Norway, MI | 15 HOUR TOTAL. 4.5 INCHES IN THE PAST 3 HOURS. |
| Feb 29, 10:00 AM EST | SNOW 16 | 6 N Iron Mountain, MI | APPROXIMATELY 18 HOUR TOTAL. 7 INCHES IN THE PAST 4 HOURS. |
| Feb 29, 10:18 AM EST | SNOW 3.8 | Watersmeet, MI | HEAVY SNOW FELL BETWEEN 8 AM AND 9 AM EST. STILL SNOWING HEAVILY. |
| Feb 29, 10:33 AM EST | SNOW 9 | Menominee, MI | 12 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Feb 29, 10:39 AM EST | SNOW 6 | Wakefield, MI | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 29, 11:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Negaunee, MI | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY WITH BLOWING SNOW. |
| Feb 29, 11:09 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 3 W Point Aux Barques, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Feb 29, 11:09 AM EST | SNOW 12.5 | Carney, MI | TOTAL SINCE 1 AM EST. |
| Feb 29, 11:25 AM EST | SNOW 9 | Bessemer, MI | ESTIMATED 8 TO 10 INCHES SINCE 7 AM. HEAVIEST SNOW OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. |
| Feb 29, 11:30 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 3 Ne Negaunee, MI | TOTAL SINCE MODERATE SNOW STARTED FALLING APPROX. 1 HOUR AGO. |
| Feb 29, 11:30 AM EST | SNOW 10.6 | 6 N Iron Mountain, MI | TOTAL SINCE 930 PM EST 2/28/12. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Feb 29, 11:53 AM EST | SNOW 8 | 4 Nw Watson, MI | TOTAL SINCE 730 AM EST. STILL SNOWING HEAVILY WITH GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW. |
| Feb 29, 11:59 AM EST | SNOW 12 | 1 W Bark River, MI | ESTIMATED STORM TOTAL SINCE AROUND 3 AM 2/29/2012. |
| Feb 29, 12:15 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 4 Se Big Bay, MI | TOTAL SINCE 10 AM EST. |
| Feb 29, 12:15 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 8 Wsw Ontonagon, MI | TOTAL SINCE 915 AM EST. |
| Feb 29, 12:15 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Gwinn, MI | ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES IN GWINN SINCE APPROX 1030 AM EST. |
| Feb 29, 12:36 PM EST | SNOW 12 | Escanaba, MI | SINCE 4AM. |
| Feb 29, 12:45 PM EST | SNOW 8 | Ironwood, MI | TOTAL SINCE 630 AM EST. |
| Feb 29, 1:00 PM EST | SNOW 9.7 | 5 Se Watersmeet, MI | STORM TOTAL. |
| Feb 29, 1:10 PM EST | SNOW 9 | Gladstone, MI | 6 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Feb 29, 1:30 PM EST | SNOW 6.8 | 15 S Wetmore, MI | TOTAL SINCE 930 AM EST. EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW. |
| Feb 29, 1:38 PM EST | SNOW 4 | 1 Sse Munising, MI | TOTAL SINCE 1045 AM EST. |
| Feb 29, 1:45 PM EST | SNOW 13.5 | 1 Ene Bessemer, MI | ESTIMATED BETWEEN 12 AND 15 INCHES OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS. |
| Feb 29, 1:52 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Bruce Crossing, MI | TOTAL SINCE APPROXIMATELY 10 AM EST. |
| Feb 29, 1:52 PM EST | SNOW 5 | 5 W Bruce Crossing, MI | TOTAL SINCE APPROXIMATELY 9 AM EST. |
| Feb 29, 1:53 PM EST | SNOW 5.3 | 7 Nnw Ishpeming, MI | 4 HOUR TOTAL SINCE 1045 AM EST. AT TIMES 2 INCH/HOUR SNOWFALL RATES. |
| Feb 29, 2:00 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 2 Ese Grand Marais, MI | TOTAL SINCE 1150 AM EST. |
| Feb 29, 2:00 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Houghton, MI | VISIBILITIES AROUND 1/8 OF A MILE WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW. DIFFICULT TO MEASURE. |
| Feb 29, 2:31 PM EST | SNOW 6 | 1 Se Covington, MI | ESTIMATED ABOUT 5 TO 6 INCHES SINCE AROUND 10 AM EST. |
| Feb 29, 2:32 PM EST | SNOW 3 | L'Anse, MI | ESTIMATED 3 INCHES SINCE APPROXIMATELY 10 AM EST. |
| Feb 29, 3:15 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Marquette, MI | SNOWFALL SINCE ABOUT 0930 EST. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Feb 29, 3:24 PM EST | SNOW 4.1 | 6 Sse Marquette, MI | SINCE 9AM |
| Feb 29, 3:59 PM EST | SNOW 8 | Wetmore, MI | STORM TOTAL SINCE APPROX 10 AM EST. |
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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1160 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
722 WWUS43 KMQT 280925 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 425 AM EST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY...WET SNOW TO UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM ORGANIZING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL MOVE TO WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY. WITH THIS TRACK...HEAVY...WET SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. EASTERLY WINDS OF UP TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE GREAT LAKES. MIZ009>012-282200- /O.UPG.KMQT.WS.A.0004.120229T0300Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0004.120229T0600Z-120301T0000Z/ GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN... MENOMINEE 325 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-005-013-281700- /O.UPG.KMQT.WS.A.0004.120229T0600Z-120301T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0004.120229T0900Z-120301T0600Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE-DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE...ESCANABA... GLADSTONE 425 AM EST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY MID AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-084-282200- /O.UPG.KMQT.WS.A.0004.120229T0300Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0004.120229T0900Z-120301T0600Z/ ONTONAGON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...KENTON...SIDNAW 425 AM EST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY MID AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ001-003-282200- /O.UPG.KMQT.WS.A.0004.120229T0600Z-120301T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0004.120229T1200Z-120301T0600Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 425 AM EST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-007-014-085-282200- /O.UPG.KMQT.WS.A.0004.120229T0600Z-120301T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0004.120229T1200Z-120301T0600Z/ ALGER-LUCE-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...NEWBERRY... MANISTIQUE...SENEY 425 AM EST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ ROLFSON
10 follow-up statements
373 WWUS43 KMQT 281634 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1134 AM EST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY...WET SNOW TO UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM ORGANIZING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL MOVE TO WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY. WITH THIS TRACK...HEAVY...WET SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. EASTERLY WINDS OF UP TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE GREAT LAKES. MIZ009>012-290045- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.120229T0600Z-120301T0000Z/ GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN... MENOMINEE 1034 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 12 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-013-290045- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.120229T0900Z-120301T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE...ESCANABA... GLADSTONE 1134 AM EST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 11 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY MID AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-290045- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.120229T1200Z-120301T0600Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 1134 AM EST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-007-014-085-290045- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.120229T1200Z-120301T0600Z/ ALGER-LUCE-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...NEWBERRY... MANISTIQUE...SENEY 1134 AM EST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-004-084-290045- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.120229T0900Z-120301T0600Z/ ONTONAGON-BARAGA-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...L'ANSE...KENTON...SIDNAW 1134 AM EST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY MID AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ VOSS
679 WWUS43 KMQT 282154 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 454 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY...WET SNOW TO UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM ORGANIZING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WILL MOVE TO WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY. WITH THIS TRACK...HEAVY...WET SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. EASTERLY WINDS OF UP TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE GREAT LAKES. MIZ009>012-290600- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.120229T0600Z-120301T0000Z/ GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN... MENOMINEE 354 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME STEADY AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 12 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-013-290600- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.120229T0900Z-120301T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE...ESCANABA... GLADSTONE 454 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AFTER LIGHT SNOW MOVES OUT THIS EVENING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 11 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY MID AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-290600- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.120229T1200Z-120301T0600Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 454 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AFTER LIGHT SNOW MOVES OUT THIS EVENING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-007-014-085-290600- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.120229T1200Z-120301T0600Z/ ALGER-LUCE-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...NEWBERRY... MANISTIQUE...SENEY 454 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AFTER LIGHT SNOW MOVES OUT THIS EVENING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-004-084-290600- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.120229T0900Z-120301T0600Z/ ONTONAGON-BARAGA-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...L'ANSE...KENTON...SIDNAW 454 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AFTER LIGHT SNOW MOVES OUT THIS EVENING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY MID AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ TITUS
819 WWUS43 KMQT 290248 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 948 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY...WET SNOW TO UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM ORGANIZING OVER NEBRASKA WILL MOVE TO WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY. WITH THIS TRACK...HEAVY...WET SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. EASTERLY WINDS OF UP TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE GREAT LAKES. MIZ009>012-291100- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.120229T0600Z-120301T0000Z/ GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN... MENOMINEE 848 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MID MORNING WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-013-291100- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.120229T0900Z-120301T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE...ESCANABA... GLADSTONE 948 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY MORNING. LOOK FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOW IN ESCANABA AFTER 6 AM AND AT MARQUETTE AFTER 9 AM. EXPECT THE SNOW TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY MID AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-291100- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.120229T1200Z-120301T0600Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 948 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL REDEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-007-014-085-291100- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.120229T1200Z-120301T0600Z/ ALGER-LUCE-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...NEWBERRY... MANISTIQUE...SENEY 948 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL REDEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 9 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-004-084-291100- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.120229T0900Z-120301T0600Z/ ONTONAGON-BARAGA-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...L'ANSE...KENTON...SIDNAW 948 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY MID AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ JLB
539 WWUS43 KMQT 290921 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 421 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY...WET SNOW TO UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM CENTERED OVER FAR NORTHWEST IOWA WILL MOVE TO CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. WITH THIS TRACK...HEAVY...WET SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. EASTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE GREAT LAKES. MIZ009>012-291730- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN... MENOMINEE 321 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY NOON TODAY. THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS SHOULD OCCUR FROM CRYSTAL FALLS TO IRON MOUNTAIN...HERMANSVILLE AND STEPHENSON. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TODAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-013-291730- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE...ESCANABA... GLADSTONE 421 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL INCREASE TO WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST IN ESCANABA AFTER 8 AM AND IN MARQUETTE AFTER 10 AM. EXPECT THE SNOW TO DIMINISH DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY MID AFTERNOON TODAY. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-291730- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.120229T1200Z-120301T0600Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 421 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...AND THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST WILL PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-007-014-085-291730- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.120229T1200Z-120301T0600Z/ ALGER-LUCE-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...NEWBERRY... MANISTIQUE...SENEY 421 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-004-084-291730- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ ONTONAGON-BARAGA-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...L'ANSE...KENTON...SIDNAW 421 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...AND THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY MID AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ ROLFSON
543 WWUS43 KMQT 291350 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 850 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY...WET SNOW TO UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM CENTERED OVER FAR NORTHWEST IOWA WILL MOVE TO CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. WITH THIS TRACK...HEAVY... WET SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. EASTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE GREAT LAKES. MIZ009>012-292200- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN... MENOMINEE 750 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. SOME PLACES HAVE ALREADY SEEN 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IN JUST A FEW HOURS. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 18 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY NOON TODAY. THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS SHOULD OCCUR FROM CRYSTAL FALLS TO IRON MOUNTAIN...HERMANSVILLE AND STEPHENSON. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS...ROADS MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPASSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE TODAY UNLESS NECESSARY. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-013-292200- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE...ESCANABA... GLADSTONE 850 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL INCREASE TO WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BY LATE THIS MORNING. IT IS CURRENTLY SNOWING HEAVILY IN ESCANABA AND THE HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE MARQUETTE AREA BY 11 AM. EXPECT THE SNOW TO DIMINISH DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE MIDDLE AFTERNOON. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-292200- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 850 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...AND THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL SOUTH OF CALUMET. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST WILL PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-007-014-085-292200- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ ALGER-LUCE-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...NEWBERRY... MANISTIQUE...SENEY 850 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-004-084-292200- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ ONTONAGON-BARAGA-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...L'ANSE...KENTON...SIDNAW 850 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING...AND THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER IN THE DAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MRD
470 WWUS43 KMQT 291355 CCA WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 855 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY...WET SNOW TO UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM CENTERED OVER FAR NORTHWEST IOWA WILL MOVE TO CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. WITH THIS TRACK...HEAVY... WET SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. EASTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE GREAT LAKES. MIZ009>012-292215- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN... MENOMINEE 755 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. SOME PLACES HAVE ALREADY SEEN 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IN JUST A FEW HOURS. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 18 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY NOON TODAY. THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS SHOULD OCCUR FROM CRYSTAL FALLS TO IRON MOUNTAIN...HERMANSVILLE AND STEPHENSON. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS...ROADS MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPASSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE TODAY UNLESS NECESSARY. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-013-292215- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE...ESCANABA... GLADSTONE 855 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL INCREASE TO WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BY LATE THIS MORNING. IT IS CURRENTLY SNOWING HEAVILY IN ESCANABA AND THE HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE MARQUETTE AREA BY 11 AM. EXPECT THE SNOW TO DIMINISH DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE MIDDLE AFTERNOON. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-292215- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 855 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...AND THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL SOUTH OF CALUMET. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST WILL PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-007-014-085-292215- /O.COR.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ ALGER-LUCE-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...NEWBERRY... MANISTIQUE...SENEY 855 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-004-084-292215- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ ONTONAGON-BARAGA-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...L'ANSE...KENTON...SIDNAW 855 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING...AND THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER IN THE DAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MRD
545 WWUS43 KMQT 291428 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 928 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY...WET SNOW TO UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM CENTERED OVER FAR NORTHWEST IOWA WILL MOVE TO CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. WITH THIS TRACK...HEAVY... WET SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. EASTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE GREAT LAKES. MIZ007-292230- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WW.Y.0008.120229T1428Z-120301T0600Z/ LUCE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY 928 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ009>012-292230- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN... MENOMINEE 828 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. SOME PLACES HAVE ALREADY SEEN 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IN JUST A FEW HOURS. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 18 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY NOON TODAY. THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS SHOULD OCCUR FROM CRYSTAL FALLS TO IRON MOUNTAIN...HERMANSVILLE AND STEPHENSON. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS...ROADS MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPASSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE TODAY UNLESS NECESSARY. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-013-292230- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE...ESCANABA... GLADSTONE 928 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL INCREASE TO WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BY LATE THIS MORNING. IT IS CURRENTLY SNOWING HEAVILY IN ESCANABA AND THE HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE MARQUETTE AREA BY 11 AM. EXPECT THE SNOW TO DIMINISH DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE MIDDLE AFTERNOON. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-292230- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 928 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...AND THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL SOUTH OF CALUMET. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST WILL PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-014-085-292230- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ ALGER-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...MANISTIQUE... SENEY 928 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-004-084-292230- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ ONTONAGON-BARAGA-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...L'ANSE...KENTON...SIDNAW 928 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH THIS MORNING WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER IN THE DAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ TITUS
079 WWUS43 KMQT 291922 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 222 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES OVER OVER UPPER MICHIGAN... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM CENTERED OVER FAR SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN WILL MOVE SOUTH OF UPPER MICHIGAN INTO TONIGHT. A BAND OF INTENSE SNOWFALL CONTINUES TO MOVE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA...AND IS DROPPING HEAVY WET SNOW. SOUTH OF THE BAND...SNOW HAS DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY...WITH PATCHY SNOW...SLEET AND DRIZZLE IN PLACES. ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING...BUT WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT. EASTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE GREAT LAKES. MIZ009>012-010000- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN... MENOMINEE 122 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...LEAVING A THIN COATING OF ICE IN SPOTS. MANY LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY SEEN IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN JUST A FEW HOURS THIS MORNING...WITH SOME PLACES SEEING A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL REMAIN VERY HAZARDOUS AND NEARLY IMPASSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE TODAY UNLESS NECESSARY. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-013-010330- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE...ESCANABA... GLADSTONE 222 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT TO SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF MARQUETTE COUNTY. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TODAY OR 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE OF THE WET AND HEAVY NATURE OF THE SNOW...ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TODAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. TAKE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE BUSY EVENING COMMUTE. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-010330- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 222 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PUSH NORTH ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY THIS BY THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION OCCURRING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL SOUTH OF MOHAWK. * WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH OUT OF THE EAST WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED...AND EVEN NEAR ZERO...DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-014-085-010330- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ ALGER-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...MANISTIQUE... SENEY 222 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET...WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TODAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF THE SNOW. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-004-084-010330- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ ONTONAGON-BARAGA-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...L'ANSE...KENTON...SIDNAW 222 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE OF THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF THE SNOW...ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TODAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ007-010330- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ LUCE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY 222 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW OVER THE FAR NORTHERN PARTS OF LUCE COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH AND OUT OF THE COUNTY. SNOW SHOWERS...MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE OF THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF THE SNOW...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TODAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 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. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ TITUS
324 WWUS43 KMQT 292113 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 413 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES OVER OVER UPPER MICHIGAN... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM CENTERED OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL MOVE SOUTH OF UPPER MICHIGAN INTO TONIGHT. A BAND OF INTENSE SNOWFALL CONTINUES TO MOVE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA... AND IS DROPPING HEAVY WET SNOW. SOUTH OF THE BAND...SNOW HAS DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY...WITH PATCHY SNOW...SLEET AND DRIZZLE IN PLACES. ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING...BUT WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT. EASTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE GREAT LAKES. MIZ009>012-010000- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN... MENOMINEE 313 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...LEAVING A THIN COATING OF ICE IN SPOTS. MANY LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY SEEN IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN JUST A FEW HOURS THIS MORNING...WITH SOME PLACES SEEING A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 3 PM CST. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND VERY HAZARDOUS. DO NOT DRIVE THIS EVENING UNLESS NECESSARY. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-013-010515- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE...ESCANABA... GLADSTONE 413 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS...MIXED WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF MARQUETTE COUNTY. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED AFTER 4 PM. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE OF THE WET AND HEAVY NATURE OF THE SNOW...ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. TAKE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE BUSY EVENING COMMUTE. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-010515- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 413 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL SOUTH OF MOHAWK. * WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH OUT OF THE EAST WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IMPACTS... * DUE TO THE WET AND HEAVY NATURE OF THE SNOW...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WEDNESDAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED...AND EVEN NEAR ZERO... DURING PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-014-085-010515- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ ALGER-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...MANISTIQUE... SENEY 413 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET...WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AFTER 4 PM. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF THE SNOW. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-004-084-010515- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ ONTONAGON-BARAGA-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...L'ANSE...KENTON...SIDNAW 413 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE OF THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF THE SNOW...ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TODAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ007-010515- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ LUCE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY 413 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW SHOWERS...MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW. IMPACTS... * BECAUSE OF THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF THE SNOW...ROADS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TODAY. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 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. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ TITUS
226 WWUS43 KMQT 010218 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 918 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM IS WEAKENING... .EXPECT WEAKENING LOW PRESSURE OVER WISCONSIN TO DRIFT EAST INTO LOWER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH SOME SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE MAINLY NEAR THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE EAST OF THE GARDEN PENINSULA THROUGH THIS EVENING...ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE NO MORE THAN ABOUT AN INCH OR TWO. THERE MAY BE SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...MAINLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. MIZ014-010600- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WW.Y.0009.120301T0218Z-120301T0600Z/ SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANISTIQUE 918 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS REPLACED THE WINTER STORM WARNING WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS...MAINLY NEAR THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE...TO DROP UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW BEFORE THESE SNOW SHOWERS DIMINISH LATE. * GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW. THE WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE AFTER MIDNIGHT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY...MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. PLOWING AND SHOVELING OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF THE SNOW. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AS LOW AS ONE MILE DURING PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001>006-013-084-085-010330- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-DELTA- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON... HANCOCK...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING... ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...KENTON...SIDNAW...SENEY 918 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TO DEPOSIT NO MORE THAN ABOUT AN INCH OF SNOW THE REST OF THE NIGHT. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY LEAVE A LIGHT COATING OF ICE ON UNTREATED SURFACES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ007-010330- /O.CAN.KMQT.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120301T0600Z/ LUCE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY 918 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TO DEPOSIT NO MORE THAN ABOUT AN INCH OF SNOW THE REST OF THE NIGHT. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ KC
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 Feb 27, 11:29 PM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 11:29 PM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1129 PM EST MON FEB 27 2012
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 356 PM EST MON FEB 27 2012
CYCLONIC FLOW AROUND LOW PRESSURE IN EASTERN ONTARIO CONTINUES TO
ALLOW FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS DOWNWIND OF LAKE SUPERIOR.
HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT DRY AIR ADVECTING INTO THE AREA AS SEEN IN THE
12Z YPL SOUNDING AND STRONG DOWNWARD MOTION DUE TO RISING HEIGHTS
AND A BUILDING SURFACE RIDGE HAVE HELPED TO ERODE THE LAKE EFFECT
CLOUDS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN LAKE SUPERIOR. LES CONTINUES
ACROSS THE KEWEENAW AND AREAS EAST OF MUNISING...HOWEVER THIS
SHOULD SLOWLY DIMINISH TONIGHT AS THE PBL FLOW BACKS IN RESPONSE TO
THE RIDGE AXIS SHIFTING OVER THEN SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. DESPITE THE
RAPID DIMINISHING OF CLOUDS OVER THE WEST...DO NOT EXPECT THE SNOW
SHOWERS TO TOTALLY END ACROSS THE KEWEENAW UNTIL THE LATE EVENING
GIVEN THE CONTINUED CONVERGENT ONSHORE PBL FLOW AND 850MB TEMPS
REMAINING AROUND -13C. IN FACT...SOME OF THE HIGH RES MODELS SUGGEST
A BRIEF BURST OF LES THIS EVENING AS THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF
THE UPPER JET HELPS TO ADD WEAK SYNOPTIC SUPPORT. WILL THEREFORE
MAINTAIN SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THIS AREA AS WELL AS AREAS EAST
OF MUNISING THROUGH MIDNIGHT. REGARDLESS...ANY ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD
BE AN INCH OR LESS THIS EVENING.
WEAK WARM ADVECTION DEVELOPS LATE TONIGHT SOUTHWEST OF THE
AREA...THEN SPREADS ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES ON TUESDAY.
MEANWHILE...A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY OVER MONTANA MOVES
ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE DAY. NOT A GREAT DEAL OF MOISTURE TO WORK
WITH GIVEN THE ZONAL FLOW ALOFT...AND THE LIFT IS RATHER WEAK WITH
BEST LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION ACROSS SRN MN INTO IOWA ASSOCIATED
WITH THE DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. HOWEVER...PATCHY LIGHT SNOW OR
FLURRIES WILL LIKELY DEVELOP TUE MORNING IN THE AREA WHERE THE BEST
ISENTROPIC LIFT IS JUXTAPOSED WITH THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF
THE JET. THIS IS SUGGESTED TO BE BE NEAR THE WI BORDER DURING THE
MORNING THEN SPREADING EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. THOUGHT ABOUT
RAISING POPS MAINLY DUE TO THE HIGH POPS FROM THE SREF (70-90
PCT)...BUT GIVEN THAT THIS WILL BE A VERY LOW QPF TYPE
EVENT...THOUGHT THAT CHANCE POPS CONTINUED TO BE WARRANTED. FUTURE
SHIFTS MAY NEED TO RAISE POPS FOR TUESDAY SINCE IT WILL LIKELY BE A
HIGH POP/LOW QPF TYPE EVENT.
OTHERWISE...TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DROP INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS THIS EVENING IN AREAS THAT HAVE CLEARED OUT THIS AFTERNOON
DUE TO LIGHT WINDS AND LOW DWPTS. AS THE MID CLOUDS MOVE IN
OVERNIGHT...EXPECT THE TEMPS TO LEVEL OUT. WARM ADVECTION WILL ALLOW
TEMPS TO RISE TO NEAR 30 ON TUE.
.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 356 PM EST MON FEB 27 2012
FAIRLY ACTIVE LONG TERM PERIOD...WITH A SERIES OF POTENTIAL WINTER
STORMS TO AFFECT UPPER MICHIGAN.
LOW WILL BE MOVING NNE OUT OF THE CNTRL PLAINS AT THE START OF THE
PERIOD...REACHING SOUTHEAST SD BY 06Z WED THEN MOVING ACROSS SRN
MN BY 12Z WED. THIS MORE EASTWARD TRACK WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
DAY WED...MOVING TO NE WI BY 00Z THURS. WHILE MOVING ENE...EXPECT
THE LOW TO WEAKEN DUE TO THE UPPER TROUGH CLOSING OFF AND FAVORABLE
REGION OF THE UPPER JET SLIDES E OF THE SFC LOW. LATEST MODEL TRENDS
HAVE BEEN SHIFTING THE SFC LOW SLIGHTLY FARTHER N ON WED...BUT
SHOULDN/T HAVE TOO MUCH EFFECT ON THE GOING FCST.
INITIAL SURGE OF PCPN WILL BE APPROACHING THE WI BORDER DURING THE
LATE EVENING HOURS ON TUES AND CONTINUING INTO WED MORNING BEFORE
THE HEAVIEST PCPN MOVES NE INTO LK SUPERIOR. THIS HEAVY SWATH OF
PCPN IS TIED TO WARM TONGUE AND ISENTROPIC ASCENT IN THE MID LVLS.
H500 SHORTWAVE SWINGS OUT FROM THE TROUGH AND ACROSS THE AREA DURING
THAT SAME TIME. MID LVL DRY AIR OVER NRN LK SUPERIOR ON WED MORNING
WILL TRY TO HOLD OFF THE PCPN SOME. BUT WITH THE LOWER LVLS
MOISTENED SOME DUE TO THE WEAK WAVE ON TUES...THINK THAT THE DRY AIR
WON/T FACTOR IN AS MUCH AS EXPECTED. APPEARS TO BE TWO AREAS OF
FOCUS /ALSO SHOWN IN 09Z SREF PROBS/ THAT COULD ENHANCE PCPN AMNTS
FROM GOING WIDESPREAD 0.4-0.75IN OF QPF. FIRST...MODELS ARE
CONSISTENT ON STRONG STRONG H925-700 WAA OVER THE CNTRL CWA AND TIED
TO THE SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH. SECOND...APPEARS TO BE A STRONGER
H800-700 FGEN AREA OVER THE WRN CWA AND WRN LK SUPERIOR DURING WED
MORNING AT THE NOSE OF THE ISENTROPIC ASCENT. THIS AREA PIVOTS AND
SLOWLY DRIFTS NNE THROUGH THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTN HOURS.
DEPENDING ON WHERE THIS EXACTLY LINES UP...COULD SEE SOME ENHANCED
SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CWA. FINALLY...APPEARS TO BE
A TROWAL LIKE LOOK TO THE SYSTEM ON WED AFTN OVER THE SE PART OF THE
CWA...WHICH MAY LINGER PCPN OVER THAT AREA. OVERALL FORCING IS ON
THE WEAK SIDE...BUT COULD KEEP THINGS GOING LONGER THAN SHOWN IN THE
MODELS. HAVE TENDED TO FOCUS THE HIGHEST POPS AND QPF AMNTS DURING
THE LATE OVERNIGHT AND INTO WED MORNING WHEN THAT FORCING PUSHES
THROUGH.
COBB OUTPUT ALSO SHOWING A VERY STRONG PERIOD OF SNOW DURING THAT
TIME FRAME...WITH 1-2IN/HR RATES LATE TUES NIGHT INTO WED MORNING.
DURING THAT PERIOD OF STRONG FORCING...SNOW RATIOS MAY PERK UP A
TOUCH TOWARDS 14/1...BUT OVERALL EXPECT MUCH OF THE RATIOS TO BE A
LITTLE LOWER AT 11-12/1. WITH THE FORECAST QPF...HAVE FAIRLY
WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMNTS IN THE 6-10IN RANGE OVER ALL BUT FAR NRN
KEWEENAW COUNTY AND FAR NW LUCE COUNTY. THEREFORE...HAVE EXPANDED
THE WINTER STORM WATCH TO COVER THE REST OF THE CWA FOR TUES NIGHT
INTO WED AFTN/EVENING. KEWEENAW MAY BE ON THE EDGE FOR WARNING
AMOUNTS...BUT WITH THE TIMING OCCURRING DURING THE MORNING
HOURS...STRONG SNOWFALL RATES...GUSTY EAST WINDS TO 30MPH...AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR SOME UPSLOPE/LK ENHANCEMENT FELT IT WAS WORTH HAVING.
ONE FINAL ITEM TO NOTE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FZDZ OVER THE SCNTRL
CWA ON WED AFTN. WITH THE DEEPER MOISTURE FORCING PUSHING TO THE NE
AT THAT TIME...MID LEVELS TRY TO DRY OUT AND LEAVE THE CLOUD LAYER
BELOW THE SNOW GROWTH REGION. WITH THE ABUNDANT SNOWFALL...DON/T
EXPECT IT TO BE MUCH OF AN ISSUE...BUT WILL ADD THE MENTION TO THE
GRIDS FOR WED AFTN.
LOW WILL SHIFT E TOWARDS LK HURON ON WED NIGHT...BRINGING A W TO E
DIMINISHING TREND TO THE PCPN. WITH LINGERING MOISTURE AND H850
TEMPS AROUND -8C...THINK THERE WILL BE ENOUGH LK INSTABILITY TO
DEVELOP -SHSN IN THE NRLY WIND FAVORED LOCATIONS BEFORE DIMINISHING
ON THURS AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN. TRENDED LOWS UP ON WED
NIGHT...IN ADDITION TO TUES NIGHT...SINCE THERE WILL BE ABUNDANT
LLVL MOISTURE/CLOUDS AND THE RAW GUIDANCE TENDS TO PERFORM BEST IN
THOSE SITUATIONS.
DAYS 4 THROUGH 7 /THURS NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE NRN PLAINS ON THURS
NIGHT...WHILE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MAY START TO TAKE SHAPE IN THE
CNTRL PLAINS. CWA WILL BE UNDER WEAK UPPER RIDGE ON THURS NIGHT...SO
DON/T EXPECT MUCH IN THE WAY OF PCPN AND MAINLY MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES.
STILL DIFFERENCES WITH THE HANDLING OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FOR
FRI. HPC NOT A FAN OF 00-06Z GFS. THEY LIKE THE SLOWER SOLN OF THE
00Z ECMWF/UKMET/ AND ECMWF ENS MEAN. THIS PRODUCES A MUCH STRONGER
LOW MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LKS REGION...WHILE THE 12Z GFS/GEM KEEP
SYSTEM TO THE W AND MUCH WEAKER. THIS IS DUE TO THE HANDLING OF THE
UPPER TROUGH...WHICH IS MUCH SHARPER ON THE PREFERRED RUNS. 12Z GFS
ENS MEMBERS ALSO HAVE A FAIRLY LARGE SPREAD IN THE TRACK OF THE SFC
LOW FOR THAT TIME. THUS...NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CONFIDENCE WITH THE
FORECAST FOR FRI INTO SAT PERIOD. IF THE ECMWF SOLN IS
CORRECT...COULD SEE OVER A FOOT OF SNOW OVER THE WRN HALF OF THE CWA
ALONG WITH A LOT OF BLOWING/DRIFTING. MEANWHILE...IF THE 12Z
GFS/GEM SOLN PANS OUT...THE AREA WOULD LIKELY BE DRY ON FRI AND MAY
SEE SOME LIGHT LES FRI NIGHT INTO SAT AS WINDS TURN TO THE NW.
THEREFORE...WILL FOLLOW THE CONSENSUS FOR THE MAIN WEATHER ELEMENTS
AND CONTINUE TO MENTION THE POTENTIAL OF A STORM IN THE HWO.
BETTER AGREEMENT HEADING INTO SUN/SUN NIGHT...WITH COLDER H850
TEMPS NEAR -15C SPILLING OVER THE AREA UNDER THE UPPER TROUGH.
EXPECT A POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT LES AS BOTH GFS/ECMWF SHOWING DECENT
LLVL MOISTURE...SO BUMPED UP POPS TO CHANCE CATEGORY FOR THAT
TIME FRAME. UPPER TROUGH SHIFTS E ON MON...LEADING TO DRIER WX AND
MODERATING TEMPS.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1128 PM EST MON FEB 27 2012
THE REMAINING LAKE EFFECT CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEPART AT KCMX
OVERNIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS WILL THEN ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA INTO
TUESDAY MORNING WITH HIGH PRES DOMINATING THE UPPER LAKES. A WARM
FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY WHICH MAY BRING
SOME LIGHT SNOW INTO THE AREA ALONG WITH CIGS DROPPING TO NEAR MVFR
LEVELS. EXPECT POOR AVIATION CONDITIONS DEVELOPING LATER TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE
AREA.
&&
.MARINE...(FOR THE 4 PM LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST ISSUANCE)
ISSUED AT 356 PM EST MON FEB 27 2012
LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN ONTARIO WILL BE MOVE EAST TONIGHT...WITH
HIGH PRESSURE SPREADING OVER THE LAKE OVERNIGHT. ANY GUSTS NEAR GALE
FORCE SHOULD RAPIDLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP
OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TUESDAY...THE MOVE EAST ACROSS WI TUE NIGHT
INTO WED. EXPECT EASTERLY GALES TO DEVELOP LATE TUE NIGHT INTO
WED...THEN SUBSIDE BY THU MORNING. QUIET WEATHER THROUGH
FRIDAY...THEN A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE
GREAT LAKES FOR THE WEEKEND. STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE EXACT
TRACK...BUT N-NW WINDS NEAR GALE FORCE ARE POSSIBLE SAT INTO SAT
NIGHT.
&&
.MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UPPER MICHIGAN...
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR MIZ001-003>007-013-014-085.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR MIZ002-009>012-084.
LAKE SUPERIOR...
GALE WATCH FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
LSZ162-263.
LAKE MICHIGAN...
NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...MRD
LONG TERM...SRF
AVIATION...JLB
MARINE...MRDHazardous weather outlook, Feb 27, 4:18 PM EST, 12 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 418 PM EST MON FEB 27 2012 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-281300- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 418 PM EST MON FEB 27 2012 /318 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012/ 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE PLAINS TO THE GREAT LAKES REGION MAY BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION LATE THIS WEEK MAY BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL TO UPPER MICHIGAN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-281300- 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- 418 PM EST MON FEB 27 2012 /318 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012/ 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 EASTERLY GALES TO 35 KNOTS ARE LIKELY OVER WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR WEDNESDAY. SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LMZ221-248-250-281300- 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- 418 PM EST MON FEB 27 2012 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SRF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 4:04 AM EST | Gale Warning | MQT | 42 hr | |
| Feb 28, 4:04 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MQT | 44 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.