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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Gaylord, MI

January 18, 201316 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this winter storm watch at Jan 18, 2013, 4:35 PM EST for 16 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jan 19, 2013, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 18, 2013, 4:35 PM EST (21:35 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 19, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 19, 2013, 4:15 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Wexford County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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 Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Jan 18, 4:09 PM EST, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 4:09 PM EST, 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 18, 4:27 PM EST, 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 18, 3:10 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 17, 11:18 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	APX		5 hr
Jan 18, 4:12 AM EST	Gale Watch	APX		6 hr
Jan 18, 4:12 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	APX		24 hr
Jan 18, 10:17 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	APX	Cheboygan, Emmet, Presque Isle	16 hr
Jan 18, 1:25 PM EST	Gale Warning	APX		9 hr
Jan 18, 4:40 PM EST	Gale Watch	APX		12 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Michigan, 2013 Every winter storm watch 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.