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Small Craft Advisory 32, NWS Gaylord, MI

March 18, 2013

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this small craft advisory at Mar 18, 2013, 11:42 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 18, 2013, 11:42 PM EDT (03:42 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2013, 3:31 PM EDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Mar 18, 9:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 9:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 4:02 PM EDT, 7 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
402 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013

LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041-042-
191000-
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-
402 PM EDT MON MAR 18 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.

SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD ALL OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN TONIGHT...FOLLOWED
BY LAKE EFFECT SNOW OVERNIGHT AS COLDER AIR WRAPS BACK INTO THE
REGION. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

IN ADDITION...GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR PORTIONS OF THE
GREAT LAKES NEARSHORE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
IN THE TRADITIONAL SNOWBELTS OF EASTERN UPPER AND NORTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN. THIS WILL BE DUE TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LAKE EFFECT
SNOW. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES. SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS AND
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL PERSIST DURING THIS TIME. PLEASE VIEW THE
LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MORE DETAILS.

GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ON PARTS OF LAKE MICHIGAN LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AT ANY TIME. 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/GAYLORD.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 2:40 PM EDT	Winter Storm Warning	APX	Antrim, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Kalkaska, Otsego	14 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.