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Lake Effect Snow Warning 7, NWS Gaylord, MI

November 22, 20136 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this lake effect snow warning at Nov 22, 2013, 9:55 PM EST for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Nov 23, 2013, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 19 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
Nov 22, 2013, 9:55 PM EST (02:55 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 23, 2013, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 24, 2013, 2:06 AM EST
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Antrim County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Wexford County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 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 Nov 22, 6:56 PM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 22, 6:56 PM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 22, 4:21 PM EST, 5 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
421 PM EST FRI NOV 22 2013

LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041-042-
231100-
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-
421 PM EST FRI NOV 22 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...TONIGHT.

A PERIOD OF MODERATE...TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL
DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT ALONG A POTENT COLD FRONT...AND COMBINE
WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. A PERIOD OF
POOR VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

MUCH COLDER AIR AND GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING
ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR THE WEEKEND.
SNOW SHOWERS WILL HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST
OF THE I-75 CORRIDOR AND ESPECIALLY AROUND GRAND TRAVERSE BAY.
WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WILL RESULT IN VERY CHILLY
CONDITIONS. PLEASE SEE ONGOING LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH AND
ADVISORIES FOR DETAILS.

GALES WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND LAKE HURON
SATURDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. PLEASE SEE
THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILS.

ANOTHER SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR IS ANTICIPATED FOR TUESDAY THROUGH
THANKSGIVING DAY OF NEXT WEEK...WITH MORE ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT
SNOWS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE. REPORTS MAY BE MADE ONE OF THREE WAYS:

BY PHONE: 1-800-647-8676 (REPORTS ONLY PLEASE...NO FORECASTS)

BY FACEBOOK: FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.GAYLORD.GOV

BY TWITTER: TWITTER.COM/NWSGAYLORD

&&

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

ADAM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 22, 8:18 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 23, 4:16 PM ESTGale WatchAPX11 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.