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Lake Effect Snow Warning 4, NWS Gaylord, MI

February 3, 2013Antrim County, Emmet County, Leelanau County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this lake effect snow warning at Feb 3, 2013, 11:20 AM EST for Antrim County, Emmet County, Leelanau County, Michigan. It was in force for 15 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 3, 2013, 11:20 AM EST (16:20 UTC)
Expired
Feb 4, 2013, 2:24 AM EST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Antrim County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Leelanau County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lake effect snow warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this lake effect snow warning went out at Feb 3, 11:10 AM EST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 11:10 AM EST, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 3:27 AM EST, 7 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
327 AM EST SUN FEB 3 2013

LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041-042-
041130-
STRAITS OF MACKINAC-ST IGNACE TO FALSE DETOUR CHANNEL-
MACKINAC BRDG TO PRESQUE ISLE LT-PRESQUE ISLE LT TO STURGEON PT-
STURGEON PT TO ALABASTER-GRAND TRAVERSE BAY-
SEUL CHOIX PT TO MACKINAC BRDG-NORWOOD TO MACKINAC BRDG-
SLEEPING BEAR PT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LT-PT BETSIE TO SLEEPING BEAR PT-
MANISTEE TO PT BETSIE-WHITEFISH BAY-ST. MARYS RIVER-CHIPPEWA-
MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-
OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-
OSCODA-ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-
GLADWIN-ARENAC-
327 AM EST SUN FEB 3 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...AND ADJACENT NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN...LAKE HURON AND LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT IN THE
TYPICAL SNOW BELTS OF BOTH EASTERN UPPER AND NORTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN. SEE ONGOING ADVISORIES FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/APX.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 3, 9:18 AM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 3, 11:09 AM EST, 11 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 3, 11:12 AM EST, 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 3, 3:23 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX24 hr
Feb 3, 11:12 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX22 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Warnings in Michigan, 2013Every lake effect snow warning in 2013

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.