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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Gaylord, MI

February 6, 201314 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this winter storm watch at Feb 6, 2013, 4:15 AM EST for 14 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Feb 7, 2013, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 6, 2013, 4:15 AM EST (09:15 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 7, 2013, 12:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 6, 2013, 4:21 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Alcona County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Wexford County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:16 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 Feb 6, 4:09 AM EST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 4:09 AM EST, 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 4:21 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningAPXAlcona, Arenac, Gladwin, Iosco, Missaukee, Ogemaw and 3 more41 hr
Feb 6, 4:21 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryAPXAlpena, Antrim, Benzie, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet and 8 more38 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Michigan, 2013Every 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.