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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Gaylord, MI

February 18, 20136 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this winter storm watch at Feb 18, 2013, 4:41 AM EST for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Feb 19, 2013, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2013, 4:41 AM EST (09:41 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 19, 2013, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 18, 2013, 4:09 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Antrim County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Otsego County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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 18, 4:31 AM EST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 4:31 AM EST, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 4:20 AM ESTGale WatchAPX12 hr
Feb 18, 4:20 AM ESTGale WarningAPX58 hr
Feb 18, 4:41 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryAPXAlpena, Antrim, Benzie, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet and 11 more55 hr
Feb 18, 4:09 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningAPXAntrim, Benzie, Crawford, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau and 3 more44 hr
Feb 18, 4:09 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryAPXAlcona, Alpena, Arenac, Gladwin, Iosco, Ogemaw and 1 more18 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.