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Winter Storm Watch 7, NWS Marquette, MI

December 8, 20124 counties in Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this winter storm watch at Dec 8, 2012, 2:58 AM CST for 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Dec 9, 2012, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 8, 2012, 2:58 AM CST (08:58 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 9, 2012, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 8, 2012, 2:58 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI

Counties Gogebic County, MI, Houghton County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Dec 7, 11:30 PM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 11:30 PM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 8, 2:58 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMQTAlger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 7 more45 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Michigan, 2012Every winter storm watch in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.