Alert archive / Michigan / Blizzard Warnings in 2013
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this blizzard warning at Feb 19, 2013, 9:27 AM EST for Alger County, Houghton County, Keweenaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 32 hr. 23 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2013, 9:27 AM EST (14:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2013, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
Counties Alger County, MI, Houghton County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 10:20 AM EST | BLIZZARD | 2 Wnw Chatham, MI | 2-3 FT DRIFTS AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ALONG M28. STILL SNOWING HEAVILY...VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. |
| Feb 19, 10:30 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 5 Ese Chassell, MI | 12 HOUR TOTAL. BLOWING SNOW AND LARGE DRIFTS. |
| Feb 19, 10:30 AM EST | BLIZZARD | 4 Ne Calumet, MI | HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. LARGE DRIFTS AND VERY GUSTY WINDS. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1.5 INCH/HR. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO. |
| Feb 19, 10:30 AM EST | BLIZZARD | Houghton, MI | REPORTS OF SNOW COVERED ROADS. VISIBILITY IS LESS THAN 1/4 MILE VIA HOUGHTON COUNTY AIRPORT AND LOCAL OBSERVERS. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW HAS MADE SOME ROADS ALMOST IMPASSIBLE. |
| Feb 19, 10:44 AM EST | SNOW 12.4 | 3 Ne Munising, MI | 12 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Feb 19, 11:00 AM EST | BLIZZARD | 1 Ese Houghton, MI | EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. ESTIMATED RATES OF APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES/HR FOR THE PAST 3 HOURS. HOUGHTON COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION IS PULLING PLOWS OFF THE ROAD. |
| Feb 19, 11:26 AM EST | SNOW 10 | 2 Wnw Chatham, MI | BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. ESTIMATED SNOWFALL WAS 9-10 INCHES THOUGH IT WAS DIFFICULT TO TELL BECAUSE OF THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SOME DRIFTS HAVE REACHED 30-50 INCHES AND SNOW IS COVERING MOST OF COUNTRY LANE. |
| Feb 19, 11:35 AM EST | BLIZZARD | 1 Sw Calumet, MI | VERY HEAVY SNOW. ESTIMATED 5 INCHES IN 3 HOURS. VISIBILITY HAS BEEN NEAR ZERO FOR HOURS-GENERALLY LESS THAN 500 FEET. SNOW STILL FALLING AT AN ESTIMATED 1.5 INCHES AN HOUR. BLOWING SNOW WITH LARGE DRIFTS ACROSS THE ROAD. KEWEENAW COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION IS PULL |
| Feb 19, 12:54 PM EST | SNOW 13.8 | 2 Wnw Chatham, MI | ESTIMATED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. APPROX. 17 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Feb 19, 1:52 PM EST | BLIZZARD | Chatham, MI | ALGER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE INDICATED THAT M-28 AND M-94 ARE SNOW COVERED. SEVERAL ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG BOTH ROADS DUE TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON M-94 BETWEEN CHATHAM AND MUNISING. STILL SNOWING HEAVILY. |
| Feb 19, 4:00 PM EST | SNOW 20 | 3 E Redridge, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Feb 19, 5:45 PM EST | SNOW 6.8 | 5 N Shingleton, MI | 12 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STILL SNOWING HEAVILY. |
| Feb 19, 8:20 PM EST | SNOW 11.5 | 4 Ne Calumet, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. 5.0 INCHES ACCUMULATED OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS. |
| Feb 19, 9:00 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 S Chassell, MI | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE PAST 9 HRS. STILL SNOWING AT 1/2 INCH PER HOUR. |
| Feb 20, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 4.3 | 5 Ese Chassell, MI | APPROX. 36 HOUR TOTAL. 2.5 INCHES IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. BLOWING SNOW. |
| Feb 20, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 17.9 | 1 Wsw Munising, MI | 36 HOUR STORM TOTAL. 24 HOUR TOTAL OF 10.4 INCHES. |
| Feb 20, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 11 | 2 E Winona, MI | 36 HOUR TOTAL. 24 HOUR TOTAL OF 6.5 INCHES. |
| Feb 20, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 14 | 4 Ne Calumet, MI | 36 HOUR STORM TOTAL. 24 HOUR TOTAL OF 7.5 INCHES. |
| Feb 20, 10:00 AM EST | SNOW 16.3 | 1 Nw Eben Junction, MI | 36 HOUR TOTAL. VARIOUS 42-45 INCH DRIFTS ACROSS THE ROADWAYS. |
| Feb 20, 10:50 AM EST | BLIZZARD | Wetmore, MI | ACCORDING TO THEIR WEBPAGE MI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CLOSED M28 FROM HARVEY TO WETMORE ON THE AFTERNOON OF 2/19/13 AND IT REMAINS CLOSED AT THIS TIME. CREWS ARE REPORTEDLY CLEARING 6-8 FT DRIFTS AND STRANDED CARS FROM THE ROAD. |
| Feb 20, 10:52 AM EST | SNOW 13.5 | Calumet, MI | HOUGHTON COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION IN CALUMET ESTIMATED 12-15 INCHES OVER THE PAST 36 HOURS. REPORTED DRIFTS OF 3-4 FEET. |
| Feb 20, 12:12 PM EST | SNOW 30 | 5 N Shingleton, MI | 36 HOUR TOTAL. RECEIVED TWO SEPERATE REPORTS FROM SHINGLETON SUGGESTING AROUND 30 INCHES. DRIFTS ARE REPORTEDLY 6-8 FEET HIGH. THE FIRST REPORT WAS FROM 2.5 MILES NORTH OF SHINGLETON/PERCY RD. |
| Feb 20, 1:17 PM EST | SNOW 29 | Wetmore, MI | ESTIMATED 28-30 INCHES FOR APPROX. 40 HOUR TOTAL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 450 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
159 WWUS43 KMQT 191427 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 927 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN... .LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE MACKINAC STRAITS WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN THIS MORNING AS IT LIFTS SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. THE LOW WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW ACROSS NORTH AND EAST UPPER MICHIGAN THROUGH THIS MORNING. AS THE LOW SLOWLY MOVES AWAY...EXPECT COLDER AIR FLOWING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TO BRING SIGNIFICANT LAKE ENHANCED SNOW TO NORTHERN UPPER MICHIGAN. STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. EXPECT THESE HARSH WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO BEGIN TO IMPROVE OVER WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS ON WEDNESDAY. MIZ006-192230- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.BZ.W.0001.130219T1427Z-130220T2200Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 927 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES TODAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO EXTREME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * MOST ROADS WILL BECOME DRIFTED WITH SNOW AND TRAVEL MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-192230- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.BZ.W.0001.130219T1427Z-130220T0600Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 927 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 10 INCHES TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO EXTREME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IMPACTS... * MOST ROADS ARE DRIFTED OVER AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. * EXPECT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-009-084-192230- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T0500Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD...KENTON...SIDNAW 927 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 /827 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * EXPECT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TO ACCUMULATE THROUGH THIS MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 10 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM IRONWOOD TO ROCKLAND TO AROUND 4 INCHES WELL INLAND FROM WATERSMEET TO BRUCE CROSSING. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS IN MANY AREAS. * NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ007-085-192230- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ LUCE-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWBERRY...SENEY 927 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS 5 TO 9 INCHES BY THIS AFTERNOON AND AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATER TODAY THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT IN MANY AREAS. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ014-192230- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANISTIQUE 927 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL THEN TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON...AND WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON AND AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE FORECAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATER TODAY THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS IN MANY AREAS. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-192230- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T0500Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 927 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * LOOK FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES BY NOON TODAY AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...GREATEST TOWARD THE ALGER COUNTY LINE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL REACH 5 TO 10 INCHES OVER THE NORTH HALF OF MARQUETTE COUNTY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN NORTH OF M-41. OVER THE SOUTH HALF OF MARQUETTE COUNTY...PLAN ON 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATER TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW PACKED AND SLIPPERY. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-192230- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T0500Z/ BARAGA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...L'ANSE 927 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * EXPECT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TO ACCUMULATE BY NOON TODAY AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS EAST OF US-41. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING...WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-192230- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130220T0500Z/ DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE 927 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL SHIFT TO AREAS NORTH OF GLADSTONE AND GARDEN CORNERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * EXPECT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TO ACCUMULATE BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS EAST OF RAPID RIVER. STORM TOTAL SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES AROUND ESCANABA TO AS MUCH AS 8 INCHES NORTHEAST OF RAPID RIVER. LOCALLY GREATER SNOW AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES MAY OCCUR ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST DELTA COUNTY. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATER TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ VOSS
9 follow-up statements
381 WWUS43 KMQT 191541 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1041 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN... .LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE MACKINAC STRAITS WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN THIS MORNING AS IT LIFTS SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. THE LOW WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW ACROSS NORTH AND EAST UPPER MICHIGAN THROUGH THIS MORNING. AS THE LOW SLOWLY MOVES AWAY...EXPECT COLDER AIR FLOWING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TO BRING SIGNIFICANT LAKE ENHANCED SNOW TO NORTHERN UPPER MICHIGAN. STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. EXPECT THESE HARSH WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO BEGIN TO IMPROVE OVER WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS ON WEDNESDAY. MIZ001-003-192345- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130220T0600Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 1041 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 10 INCHES TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO EXTREME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IMPACTS... * MOST ROADS ARE DRIFTED OVER AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. * EXPECT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-192345- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 1041 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES TODAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO EXTREME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * MOST ROADS WILL BECOME DRIFTED WITH SNOW AND TRAVEL MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-009-084-192345- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T0500Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD...KENTON...SIDNAW 1041 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 /941 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * EXPECT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TO ACCUMULATE THROUGH THIS MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 10 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM IRONWOOD TO ROCKLAND TO AROUND 4 INCHES WELL INLAND FROM WATERSMEET TO BRUCE CROSSING. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS IN MANY AREAS. * NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ007-085-192345- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ LUCE-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWBERRY...SENEY 1041 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS 5 TO 8 INCHES TODAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATER TODAY THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ014-192345- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANISTIQUE 1041 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL THEN TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON...AND WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON AND AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE FORECAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATER TODAY THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS IN MANY AREAS. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-192345- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T0500Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 1041 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES TODAY AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT...GREATEST TOWARD THE ALGER COUNTY LINE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL REACH 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE NORTH HALF OF MARQUETTE COUNTY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN NORTH OF M-41. OVER THE SOUTH HALF OF MARQUETTE COUNTY...PLAN ON 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF MARQUETTE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW PACKED AND MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING. * WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-192345- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T0500Z/ BARAGA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...L'ANSE 1041 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * EXPECT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TO ACCUMULATE BY NOON TODAY AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS EAST OF US-41. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING...WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-192345- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130220T0500Z/ DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE 1041 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON NORTH OF GARDEN CORNERS. * EXPECT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TO ACCUMULATE BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS EAST OF RAPID RIVER. STORM TOTAL SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES AROUND ESCANABA TO AS MUCH AS 8 INCHES NORTHEAST OF RAPID RIVER. LOCALLY GREATER SNOW AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES MAY OCCUR ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST DELTA COUNTY. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATER TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ VOSS
065 WWUS43 KMQT 191603 CCA WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1101 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN... .LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE MACKINAC STRAITS WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN THIS MORNING AS IT LIFTS SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. THE LOW WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW ACROSS NORTH AND EAST UPPER MICHIGAN THROUGH THIS MORNING. AS THE LOW SLOWLY MOVES AWAY...EXPECT COLDER AIR FLOWING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TO BRING SIGNIFICANT LAKE ENHANCED SNOW TO NORTHERN UPPER MICHIGAN. STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. EXPECT THESE HARSH WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO BEGIN TO IMPROVE OVER WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS ON WEDNESDAY. MIZ001-003-200030- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130220T0600Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 1101 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 10 INCHES TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO EXTREME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IMPACTS... * MOST ROADS ARE DRIFTED OVER AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. * EXPECT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-200030- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 1101 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES TODAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO EXTREME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * MOST ROADS WILL BECOME DRIFTED WITH SNOW AND TRAVEL MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-009-084-200030- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T0500Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD...KENTON...SIDNAW 1101 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 /1001 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * EXPECT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TO ACCUMULATE THROUGH THIS MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 10 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM IRONWOOD TO ROCKLAND TO AROUND 4 INCHES WELL INLAND FROM WATERSMEET TO BRUCE CROSSING. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS IN MANY AREAS. * NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ007-085-200030- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ LUCE-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWBERRY...SENEY 1101 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS 5 TO 8 INCHES TODAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATER TODAY THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ014-200030- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANISTIQUE 1101 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL THEN TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON...AND WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON AND AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE FORECAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATER TODAY THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS IN MANY AREAS. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-200030- /O.COR.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T0500Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 1101 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES TODAY AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT...GREATEST TOWARD THE ALGER COUNTY LINE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL REACH 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE NORTH HALF OF MARQUETTE COUNTY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN NORTH OF US-41. OVER THE SOUTH HALF OF MARQUETTE COUNTY...PLAN ON 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF MARQUETTE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW PACKED AND MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING. * WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-200030- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T0500Z/ BARAGA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...L'ANSE 1101 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * EXPECT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TO ACCUMULATE BY NOON TODAY AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS EAST OF US-41. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING...WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-200030- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130220T0500Z/ DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE 1101 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON NORTH OF GARDEN CORNERS. * EXPECT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TO ACCUMULATE BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS EAST OF RAPID RIVER. STORM TOTAL SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES AROUND ESCANABA TO AS MUCH AS 8 INCHES NORTHEAST OF RAPID RIVER. LOCALLY GREATER SNOW AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES MAY OCCUR ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST DELTA COUNTY. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATER TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ VOSS
703 WWUS43 KMQT 191649 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1149 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO BRING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE MACKINAC STRAITS WILL LIFT SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. THE LOW WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW ACROSS NORTH AND EAST UPPER MICHIGAN THROUGH THIS MORNING. AS THE LOW SLOWLY MOVES AWAY...EXPECT COLDER AIR FLOWING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TO BRING SIGNIFICANT LAKE ENHANCED SNOW TO NORTHERN UPPER MICHIGAN. STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. EXPECT THESE HARSH WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO BEGIN TO IMPROVE OVER WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS ON WEDNESDAY. MIZ001-003-200100- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130220T0600Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 1149 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 10 INCHES TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO EXTREME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IMPACTS... * MOST ROADS ARE DRIFTED OVER AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. * EXPECT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-200100- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 1149 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES TODAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO EXTREME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * MOST ROADS HAVE BECOME DRIFTED WITH SNOW AND TRAVEL MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. THE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE IS ADVISING PEOPLE NOT TO TRAVEL ON M-28 AND M-94 BETWEEN MARQUETTE AND MUNISING DUE TO EXTREME DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-009-084-200100- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T0500Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD...KENTON...SIDNAW 1149 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 /1049 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS...HEAVY AT TIMES...INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE STEADY SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATER THIS EVENING. * EXPECT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TO ACCUMULATE THROUGH THIS EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 10 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM IRONWOOD TO ROCKLAND TO AROUND 4 INCHES WELL INLAND FROM WATERSMEET TO BRUCE CROSSING. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT IN MANY AREAS. * NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ007-085-200100- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ LUCE-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWBERRY...SENEY 1149 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS 5 TO 8 INCHES TODAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS DUE TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ014-200100- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANISTIQUE 1149 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL THEN TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 6 INCHES FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE FORECAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS IN MANY AREAS. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-200100- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T0500Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 1149 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO THIS AFTERNOON. * LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES TODAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT...GREATEST TOWARD THE ALGER COUNTY LINE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL REACH 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE NORTH HALF OF MARQUETTE COUNTY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN NORTH OF US-41. OVER THE SOUTH HALF OF MARQUETTE COUNTY...PLAN ON 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF MARQUETTE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW PACKED AND MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING. THE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE IS ADVISING PEOPLE NOT TO TRAVEL ON M-28 AND M-94 BETWEEN MARQUETTE AND MUNISING DUE TO EXTREME DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-200100- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T0500Z/ BARAGA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...L'ANSE 1149 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. * EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TO ACCUMULATE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS EAST OF US-41. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO THIS EVENING...WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-200100- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130220T0500Z/ DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE 1149 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON NORTH OF GARDEN CORNERS. * EXPECT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TO ACCUMULATE THROUGH THIS EVENING... WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS EAST OF RAPID RIVER. STORM TOTAL SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES AROUND ESCANABA TO AS MUCH AS 8 INCHES NORTHEAST OF RAPID RIVER. LOCALLY GREATER SNOW AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES MAY OCCUR ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST DELTA COUNTY. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ VOSS
732 WWUS43 KMQT 192130 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 430 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM CONTINUING ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN... ...M-28 BETWEEN HARVEY AND MUNISING IS CLOSED... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE JUST NORTH OF LAKE HURON WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST TONIGHT. AS THE LOW SLOWLY MOVES AWAY...EXPECT COLDER AIR FLOWING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TO BRING SIGNIFICANT LAKE ENHANCED SNOW TO NORTHERN UPPER MICHIGAN. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR EAST OF MARQUETTE. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. EXPECT THESE HARSH WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO BEGIN TO IMPROVE OVER WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN LATER TONIGHT AND OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS ON WEDNESDAY. MIZ002-004-009-084-200500- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T0500Z/ /O.EXA.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130220T0500Z/ ONTONAGON-BARAGA-GOGEBIC-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...L'ANSE...IRONWOOD... KENTON...SIDNAW 430 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 /330 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS CHANGED THE WINTER STORM WARNING TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS...ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. * AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP TO 10 TO 20 BELOW TONIGHT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. DESPITE THE SNOW DIMINISHING...TRAVEL MAY STILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW THAT FELL EARLIER TODAY. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-200530- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130220T0600Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 430 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY THIS EVENING. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES TONIGHT. IMPACTS... * MOST ROADS ARE DRIFTED OVER AND TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. * WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ARE ALSO EXPECTED. DO NOT VENTURE OUT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-200530- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 430 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY TONIGHT. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE CLOSE TO LAKE SUPERIOR. THE WINDS...ALONG WITH THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE ON WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ON WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * MOST ROADS HAVE BECOME DRIFTED WITH SNOW AND TRAVEL IS DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN PLACES. THE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE HAS CLOSED M-28 BETWEEN HARVEY AND MUNISING. M-94 IS ALSO REPORTED TO BE TREACHEROUS. * EXPECT DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP TO 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO. DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ007-085-200530- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ LUCE-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWBERRY...SENEY 430 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES ON WEDNESDAY. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS DUE TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WIND CHILL VALUES TO 10 TO 15 BELOW ARE EXPECTED. DO NOT VENTURE OUT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ014-200530- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANISTIQUE 430 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW NORTH OF MANISTIQUE. * WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. LOW VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE HALF A MILE CAN BE EXPECTED. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-200500- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T0500Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 430 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM THE HURON MOUNTAINS THROUGH NEGAUNEE AND MARQUETTE TO SKANDIA WHERE AND ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING ABOVE 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO LAKE SUPERIOR. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS TONIGHT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. THE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE HAS CLOSED M-28 BETWEEN HARVEY AND MUNISING. M-94 IS ALSO REPORTED TO BE TREACHEROUS. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WIND CHILL VALUES TO 10 TO 15 BELOW ARE EXPECTED. DO NOT VENTURE OUT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-200500- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130220T0500Z/ DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE 430 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...MAINLY NORTH OF GLADSTONE. * AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN DELTA COUNTY. LESS THAN 2 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED CLOSER TO THE BAY. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MRD
490 WWUS43 KMQT 200249 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 949 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM CONTINUING ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN... ...M-28 BETWEEN HARVEY AND MUNISING REMAINS CLOSED... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER FAR EASTERN ONTARIO WILL MOVE EAST OVERNIGHT. AS THE LOW SLOWLY MOVES AWAY...EXPECT COLDER AIR FLOWING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TO CAUSE MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OVER UPPER MICHIGAN. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS FORECAST EAST OF MARQUETTE. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. EXPECT THESE HARSH WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MODERATE OVER WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN LATER TONIGHT AND OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS ON WEDNESDAY. MIZ007-201100- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ /O.EXB.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ LUCE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY 949 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS REPLACED THE WINTER STORM WARNING WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR OVERNIGHT...WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. * AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST ON WEDNESDAY. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL AS LOW AS 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. DESPITE THE SNOW DIMINISHING...TRAVEL MAY STILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW THAT FELL EARLIER TODAY. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-201100- /O.EXT.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T1600Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 949 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS TO CONTINUE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM BIG BAY TO NEGAUNEE AND LITTLE LAKE. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL BETWEEN LATE THIS EVENING AND WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THESE AREAS WILL BE AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES. SNOWFALL OVER FAR SOUTHWEST MARQUETTE COUNTY NEAR WITCH LAKE AND ARNOLD WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS CLOSE TO LAKE SUPERIOR. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS TONIGHT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. THE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE HAS CLOSED M-28 BETWEEN HARVEY AND MUNISING. M-94 IS ALSO REPORTED TO BE TREACHEROUS. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL AS LOW AS 10 TO 15 BELOW OVER INTERIOR MARQUETTE COUNTY. DO NOT VENTURE OUT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-201100- /O.NEW.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.130220T0600Z-130220T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130220T0600Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 949 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 AM. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. * MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL TEND TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES TONIGHT. IMPACTS... * MOST ROADS ARE DRIFTED OVER AND TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL AS LOW AS 10 TO 20 BELOW OVERNIGHT. DO NOT VENTURE OUT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-201100- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 949 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY TONIGHT. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE CLOSE TO LAKE SUPERIOR. THE WINDS...ALONG WITH THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW SHOWERS WILL FALL MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES TONIGHT AND ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES ON WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS MOST LIKELY WEST OF MUNISING. IMPACTS... * MOST ROADS HAVE BECOME DRIFTED WITH SNOW AND TRAVEL IS DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN PLACES. THE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE HAS CLOSED M-28 BETWEEN HARVEY AND MUNISING. M-94 IS ALSO REPORTED TO BE TREACHEROUS. * EXPECT DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO DROP AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ085-201100- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SENEY 949 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW SHOWERS WILL FALL MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT AND ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES ON WEDNESDAY. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS ALONG M-28. THE WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DIMINISH ON WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS DUE TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WIND CHILL VALUES TO 10 TO 15 BELOW ARE EXPECTED. DO NOT VENTURE OUT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ014-201100- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANISTIQUE 949 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW NORTH OF MANISTIQUE. * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITY REDUCED AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL TEND TO DIMINISH ON WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-201100- /O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130220T1600Z/ DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE 949 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... MAINLY NORTH OF GLADSTONE. * EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN DELTA COUNTY. LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW WILL FALL TO THE SOUTHWEST OF GLADSTONE. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-201100- /O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130220T1200Z/ BARAGA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...L'ANSE 949 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS...ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL AS LOW TO 10 TO 20 BELOW TONIGHT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. DESPITE THE SNOW DIMINISHING...TRAVEL MAY STILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW THAT FELL EARLIER TODAY. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-009-084-200500- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130220T0500Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD...KENTON...SIDNAW 949 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 /849 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS...ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP TO 10 TO 20 BELOW TONIGHT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. EVEN AFTER THE SNOW SHOWERS DIMINISH...TRAVEL MAY STILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW THAT FELL EARLIER. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ KC
035 WWUS43 KMQT 201011 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 511 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WINDS MOSTLY ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR... ...M-28 BETWEEN HARVEY AND MUNISING REMAINS CLOSED... .LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE REGION TODAY. STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR AND OVER THE SNOWBELTS IN THE EASTERN HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY. MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR WILL DIMINISH OVER WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN THIS MORNING AND LATER TODAY OVER EASTERN SECTIONS. BY TONIGHT...EXPECT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OVER NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN WITH LIGHTER WINDS. MIZ014-201600- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ /O.EXA.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130220T1600Z/ SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANISTIQUE 511 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS REPLACED THE WINTER STORM WARNING WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...MAINLY WEST AND NORTH OF MANISTIQUE. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM COOKS AND INDIAN LAKE...TO STEUBEN. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE-HALF MILE ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING DURING HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS AND DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-201600- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T1600Z/ /O.EXA.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130220T1600Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 511 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS REPLACED THE WINTER STORM WARNING WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER FAR EASTERN MARQUETTE COUNTY...FROM HARVEY AND SKANDIA TO THE ALGER COUNTY LINE. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH THIS MORNING WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO THE EAST OF HARVEY. WINDS OVER THE REST OF THE COUNTY WILL NOT BE AS STRONG...BUT SOME BLOWING SNOW REMAINS POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. M-28 BETWEEN HARVEY AND MUNISING REMAINS CLOSED. M-94 IS ALSO REPORTED TO BE TREACHEROUS. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF MARQUETTE AND HARVEY ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-201115- /O.CAN.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130220T1200Z/ BARAGA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...L'ANSE 511 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ007-201115- /O.CAN.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ LUCE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY 511 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH THE DAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UP TO ONE INCH. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ006-201815- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 511 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. THE WINDS...ALONG WITH THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING. * MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS MOST LIKELY WEST OF MUNISING. IMPACTS... * MOST ROADS HAVE BECOME DRIFTED WITH SNOW AND TRAVEL IS DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN PLACES. M-28 REMAINS CLOSED BETWEEN HARVEY AND MUNISING. M-94 IS ALSO REPORTED TO BE TREACHEROUS. * EXPECT DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...AND ALSO IN OPEN AREAS INLAND...DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IN ADDITION...PLAN ON WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ085-201815- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SENEY 511 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW SHOWERS WILL FALL MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY...GREATEST OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SENEY STRETCH. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS MORNING WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS ALONG M-28. WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DIMINISH LATER TODAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL REMAINS DIFFICULT IN MANY AREAS. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IN ADDITION...PLAN ON WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-201600- /O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130220T1600Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 511 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR AND IN OPEN AREAS FARTHER INLAND. * LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * BRIEF WHITEOUTS THIS MORNING IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-201600- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130220T1600Z/ DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE 511 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING...MAINLY NORTH OF GLADSTONE. * EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW THIS MORNING OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN DELTA COUNTY. LITTLE SNOW WILL FALL TO THE SOUTHWEST OF GLADSTONE. * IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS MORNING...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE-HALF MILE IN OPEN AREAS THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ JLA
578 WWUS43 KMQT 201558 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1058 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WINDS MOSTLY ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR... ...M-28 BETWEEN HARVEY AND MUNISING REMAINS CLOSED... .LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE REGION TODAY. STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR AND OVER THE SNOWBELTS IN THE EASTERN HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR WILL DIMINISH OVER WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY...AND DIMINISH OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHTER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. MIZ013-014-201700- /O.CAN.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130220T1600Z/ DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE 1058 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. IMPACTS... * REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ006-202200- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 1058 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE OFF AND ON BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. THE WINDS...ALONG WITH THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. * MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW WEST OF MUNISING. IMPACTS... * MOST ROADS HAVE BECOME DRIFTED WITH SNOW AND TRAVEL IS DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN PLACES. M-28 REMAINS CLOSED BETWEEN HARVEY AND MUNISING...AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN CLOSED THROUGH AT LEAST MID AFTERNOON. * EXPECT DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...AND ALSO IN OPEN AREAS INLAND...DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IN ADDITION...PLAN ON WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ085-202200- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SENEY 1058 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE...MODERATE AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL SNOW UP TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...GREATEST OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SENEY STRETCH. * NORTH WINDS GUSTING 20 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS ALONG M-28. WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DIMINISH LATER TODAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL REMAINS DIFFICULT IN MANY AREAS. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IN ADDITION...PLAN ON WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-202200- /O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 1058 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * FOR AREAS EAST OF MARQUETTE...THROUGH SKANDIA AND CARLHEND...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING. ADDITIONAL SNOW UP TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. * NORTH WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO THE EAST OF HARVEY. WHILE WINDS OVER THE REST OF THE COUNTY WILL NOT BE AS STRONG...BLOWING SNOW REMAINS POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. M-28 BETWEEN HARVEY AND MUNISING REMAINS CLOSED...AND MAY NOT BE OPEN UNTIL MID AFTERNOON AT THE EARLIEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-202200- /O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 1058 AM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH WINDS GUSTING 20 TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR AND IN OPEN AREAS FARTHER INLAND. * LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * BRIEF WHITEOUTS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ KF
212 WWUS43 KMQT 201903 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 203 PM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WINDS MOSTLY ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR... ...M-28 BETWEEN HARVEY AND MUNISING REMAINS CLOSED... .LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE REGION TODAY. STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR AND OVER THE SNOWBELTS IN THE EASTERN HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY. WHILE THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE DIMINISHING NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR THIS AFTERNOON...LIGHTER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. MIZ006-202200- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 203 PM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE OFF AND ON BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. THE WINDS...ALONG WITH THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. * MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW NEAR AND WEST OF AU TRAIN. IMPACTS... * MOST ROADS HAVE BECOME DRIFTED WITH SNOW AND TRAVEL IS DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN PLACES...PARTICULARLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. M-28 REMAINS CLOSED BETWEEN HARVEY AND MUNISING...AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN CLOSED THROUGH AT LEAST MID AFTERNOON. * EXPECT DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...AND ALSO IN OPEN AREAS INLAND...DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ085-202200- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SENEY 203 PM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE...MODERATE AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL SNOW UP AN INCH INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...GREATEST OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SENEY STRETCH. * NORTH WINDS GUSTING 20 TO NEAR 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS ALONG M- 28. WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DIMINISH LATER TODAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL REMAINS DIFFICULT IN MANY AREAS. * BRIEF WHITEOUTS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-202200- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 203 PM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * FOR AREAS EAST OF MARQUETTE...THROUGH SKANDIA AND CARLSHEND... SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING. AROUND AN INCH OR LESS OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY. * NORTH WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO THE EAST OF HARVEY. WHILE GUSTS ACROSS THE REST OF MARQUETTE COUNTY SHOULD STAY AROUND 25 MPH OR LESS...BLOWING SNOW REMAINS POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. M-28 BETWEEN HARVEY AND MUNISING REMAINS CLOSED...AND MAY NOT BE OPEN UNTIL MID AFTERNOON AT THE EARLIEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-202200- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 203 PM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH WINDS GUSTING 20 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR AND IN OPEN AREAS FARTHER INLAND. * LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE...AND MAY BE MODERATE AT TIMES...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * BRIEF WHITEOUTS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ KF
536 WWUS43 KMQT 202056 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 356 PM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WINDS MOSTLY ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR... ...M-28 BETWEEN HARVEY AND MUNISING REMAINS CLOSED... .LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE REGION TODAY. STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR AND OVER THE SNOWBELTS IN THE EASTERN HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE DIMINISHING NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR THIS AFTERNOON...LIGHTER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. MIZ006-210300- /O.EXB.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.130220T2200Z-130221T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 356 PM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...AND SLOWLY DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. * NORTH WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO THE EAST OF HARVEY THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE GUSTS SLOWLY DIMINISH TO AROUND 20 MPH OR LESS AFTER SUNSET. IMPACTS... * BRIEF WHITEOUTS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. M-28 BETWEEN HARVEY AND MUNISING REMAINS CLOSED...AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO OPEN UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON AT THE EARLIEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ085-202200- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SENEY 356 PM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE...MODERATE AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL SNOW UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...GREATEST OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SENEY STRETCH. * NORTH WINDS GUSTING 20 TO NEAR 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS ALONG M-28. WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED...AND TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT IN MANY AREAS. * VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-210300- /O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130221T0300Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 356 PM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * FOR AREAS EAST OF MARQUETTE...THROUGH SKANDIA AND CARLSHEND... SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL LIGHT TO MODERATE AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING...AS THEY CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH. UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WILL BE OVER FAR EASTERN MARQUETTE COUNTY NEAR THE ALGER COUNTY LINE THROUGH THIS EVENING. LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REST OF MARQUETTE COUNTY. * NORTH WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO THE EAST OF HARVEY THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO QUICKLY DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 15 MPH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS OF EASTERN MARQUETTE COUNTY. M-28 BETWEEN HARVEY AND MUNISING REMAINS CLOSED...AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO OPEN UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON AT THE EARLIEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-202200- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130220T2200Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 356 PM EST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH WINDS GUSTING 20 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR AND IN OPEN AREAS FARTHER INLAND. EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO QUICKLY DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 15 MPH AROUND SUNSET...REDUCING THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS KEWEENAW AND NORTHERN HOUGHTON COUNTIES. * LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN AN INCH. IMPACTS... * ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT IN AREAS THAT EXPERIENCED SOME OF THE HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS...OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ KF
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Feb 19, 7:22 AM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 7:22 AM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
722 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 539 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
WV IMAGERY AND RUC ANALYSIS INDICATED A MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH FROM
HUDSON BAY THROUGH NW ONTARIO INTO WI/IL WAS BECOMING MORE
NEGATIVELY TILTED AS A 120 KT 300-250 JET MOVES FROM THE OHIO VALLEY
TOWARD THE EASTERN LAKES. THE BACK EDGE OF A WELL-DEFINED WARM
CONVEYOR SHIELD EXTENDED FROM NEAR CMX-DTW. UPPER LEVEL DIV WITH A
COUPLED JET STRUCTURE AND STRONG DEEP LAYER QVECTOR CONV SUPPORTED A
LARGE AREA OF MODERATE SNOW ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR AND UPPER MI INTO
NRN WI. AT THE SFC...LOW PRES WAS DEEPENING AS IT MOVED THROUGH NRN
LAKE SUPERIOR AND AT 10Z WAS AROUND 987 MB NEAR BEAVER ISLAND. THE
TIGHTENING GRADIENT BETWEEN THE LOW AND A 1040 MB RIDGE OVER
MANITOBA INTO THE NRN PLAINS HAS RESULTED IN VERY GUSTY WINDS WITH
P59 ALREADY RECORDING GUSTS TO 49 MPH. RELATIVELY LOW SLR VALUES
NEAR 10/1 AND THE STRONG WINDS FRACTURING SNOW FLAKES HAVE KEPT SNOW
AMOUNTS GENERALLY IN THE 2 TO 3 INCH RANGE.
THE MODERATE TO STRONG 700-300 QVECTOR CONV AND FAVORABLE 280K-290K
ISENTROPIC LIFT INTO CNTRL AND EAST UPPER MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE
WITH WIDESPEAD SYNOPTIC SNOW CONTINUING. ADDITIONAL SYNOPTIC QPF
VALUES OF AROUND 0.10 TO 0.20 INTO THE NRN CWA SHOULD PROVIDE
POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. LOW LEVEL CAA WITH 850 MB
TEMPS DROPPING INTO THE -15C TO -17C RANGE WILL BRING ADDITIONAL
LAKE ENHANCED SNOW FOR LOCATIONS FAVORED BY CYCLONIC 340-330 FLOW.
THIS WOULD AFFECT MOST OF NORTHERN UPPER MICHIGAN WITH LOW LEVEL
CONV FOCUSED NEAR THE MARQUETTE COUNTY SHORLINE AND INTO WRN ALGER
COUNTY. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FROM LAKE ENHANCED SNOW OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
ARE ALSO EXPECTED.
THE MAIN HAZARD HOWEVER...WILL BE THE VERY STRONG WINDS AS MODEL
MOMENTUMM TRANSFER PROFILES SUGGEST THAT WINDS WILL GUST IN THE
30-40 MPH RANGE...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. ALONG THE LAKESHORE EVEN
HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...IN THE 40-50 MPH RANGE. THE
COMBINATION OF THE WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL PRODUCE VERY LOW
VISIBILITIES WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN OPEN/EXPOSED
AREAS. THE BLOWING SNOW/VISIBILITY HAZARD WAS ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY UPGRADE
OF MARQUETTE-BAGARAG WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES TO WINTER STORM
WARNINGS EVEN WITH RELATIVELY MODEST ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS.
A TRANSITION FROM LAKE ENHANCED CLOSER TO PURE LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS
EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AS THE SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT
WEAKENS AND DEPARTS TO THE EAST. THE GRADIENT WILL ALSO ONLY
GRADUALLY WEAKEN...KEEPING THE THREAT OF BLSN GOING. ADDITIONAL
AMONTS IN THE 1 TO 4 INCH RANGE NORTH ARE EXPECTED WITH LCLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS IN THE 4 TO 7 INCH RANGE POSSIBLE FROM FAR ERN MARQUETTE
COUNTY INTO ALGER COUNTY.
.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 539 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
LOW PRESSURE OVER LOWER LAKES BEGINS TO UNRAVEL ON WEDNESDAY AS
UPPER TROUGH SURGES EAST WITH MAIN JET ENERGY OUT AHEAD OF TROUGH
VERSUS DIGGING INTO THE BACK SIDE OF THE TROUGH. CYCLONIC FLOW
STEADILY WEAKENS THROUGH THE DAY AND H8-H7 MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE
DOWNWARD TREND. EXPECT VIGOROUS LK ENHANCED SNOW TO BEGIN THE DAY TO
FADE BY LATE AFTN/EARLY WED EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS
WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE IN THE MORE MODERATE RANGE AS NEGATIVE FACTORS
PUT CRIMP IN LK EFFECT INSENSITY THROUGH THE DAY. NNW WINDS GUSTING
OVER 30 MPH RESULT IN MORE BLSN/REDUCED VSBY FOR MAINLY EASTERN AREAS
BUT THIS TOO WILL IMPROVE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. ORIGINALLY THOUGHT
THE 00Z THU EXPIRATION TIME OF WARNING WAS TOO LONG...BUT DUE TO
ONLY A GRADUAL DECREASING TREND IN SNOW/WIND...IT APPEARS IN GOOD
SHAPE.
1040MB HIGH PRESSURE OVER ONTARIO SLIDES BY INTO WESTERN QUEBEC
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. RESULT IS WEAK NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT
SFC THROUGH 925MB. INVERSION LESS THAN 3KFT EASILY...BUT STILL ENOUGH
OVER-WATER INSTABILITY IN MOIST LAYER TO KEEP SMALL CHANCES FOR LK
EFFECT GOING OVR NCNTRL UPR MICHIGAN OVERNIGHT WED NIGHT THROUGH THU
MORNING. LOW-LEVEL WINDS BECOMES DIFFLUENT OVR WEST ENOUGH TO BREAK
UP LINGERING CLOUDS EVEN AS 925MB WINDS REMAIN ONSHORE. MIN TEMPS
OVR INTERIOR WEST PROBABLY END UP BLO ZERO. SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER
TEENS ABOVE ZERO ELSEWHERE.
MODELS INSISTENT ON SHOWING SHARP SOUTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE TROUGH
LIFTING THROUGH MID MISSISSIPPI AND LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY ON
THURSDAY AND INTO UPR GREAT LAKES ON FRIDAY. SYSTEM EXPECTED TO LOSE
BIG PART OF ITS PUNCH FROM THE HEAVY SNOW THAT IS FORECAST OVER
CNTRL PLAINS ON THURSDAY BY TIME IT REACHES UPR LAKES. DIMINISHING
TREND MOSTLY DUE TO DECREASING MOISTURE AS H7 MIXING RATIOS OVER
4G/KG ARE SHUNTED MORE INTO TENNESSEE RIVER AND OHIO RIVER VALLEYS
WITH MIXING RATIOS LESS THAN 2.5G/KG MAKING IT INTO UPR MICHIGAN.
SYSTEM IS ALSO RUNNING INTO RIDGING ALOFT. ENOUGH CONFIDENCE IT WILL
SNOW OVER SOUTH CWA TO INCREASE POPS TO LIKELY. COORD WITH DLH/GRB
ON THIS. CHANCE POPS ELSEWHERE WITH INDICATION THERE MAY BE SHARP
CUTOFF TO NORTHERN EDGE OF SNOW. LINGERING SFC-H5 TROUGH SLIDES
ACROSS UPR LAKES THROUGH SATURDAY...SO KEPT SMALL CHANCES IN THE
FORECAST. NO BIG ORGANIZED SNOWS ARE IN STORE THOUGH...JUST PATCHY
SNOW AND/OR SNOW SHOWERS. TEMPS WILL BE WARMING WITH DAYTIME HIGHS
BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY POSSIBLY PUSHING PAST 30 DEGREES.
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN TO CLOSE THE WEEKEND THEN ANOTHER SOUTHERN
STREAM SYSTEM MAY TAKE AIM ON UPR MICHIGAN EARLY NEXT WEEK. RIGHT
NOW THAT SYSTEM LOOKS TO HAVE SIMILAR EVOLUTION AS ONE MOVING
THROUGH ON FRIDAY. WE SHALL SEE. MODEL TIMING ISSUES EVIDENT FOR THE
ARRIVAL OF SNOW SO USED CONSENSUS POPS AT THIS POINT. WITH SOUTHERN
STREAM ORIGIN...TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE AT OR ABOVE NORMAL FOR
NEXT WEEKEND.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 717 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
CMX...EXPECT PREDOMINANT VLIFR CONDITIONS AS VERY STRONG NNW WINDS
COMBINE WITH LAKE ENHANCED SNOW TO PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
AT TIMES FOR MUCH OF TODAY. THE WINDS MAY DIMINISH ENOUGH THIS
EVENING FOR SOME IMPROVEMENT WITH LIFR/IFR CONDITIONS.
SN/BLSN WILL ALSO KEEP MAINLY IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS AT IWD.
HOWEVER...THERE MAY BE SOME IMPROVEMENT LATER TODAY AS THE WINDS
SLOWLY DIMINISH ONCE THE LO SHIFTS FARTHER TO THE E.
SAW...EXPECT PREDOMINANT IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS. AS THE LOW PULLS OFF
TO THE E LATER TONIGHT AND INTENSIFIES...THE COMBINATION OF FALLING
SN/BLSN FROM AN INCREASING NW WIND WILL CAUSE LIFR CONDITIONS THRU THE
MRNG. THERE MAY BE SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE AFTERNOON ONCE THE DEEPER
MOISTURE EXITS AND THE DOWNSLOPE FLOW HELPS REDUCE THE SNOW
INTENSITY. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS/BLSN MAKE IFR CONDITIONS LIKELY
THROUGH THIS EVENING.
&&
.MARINE...(FOR THE 4 AM LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST ISSUANCE)
ISSUED AT 539 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
STRONG WRAPPED UP SFC LOW NEARS STRAITS THIS MORNING AND HEADS
TOWARD WESTERN QUEBEC TONIGHT WHILE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN. MSLP AS LOW
AS 986MB THIS MORNING. VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT PRESENT THROUGH
THIS EVENING FROM SSM TO DLH...POSSIBLY EXCEEDING AN IMPRESSIVE 25
MB INTO THE AFTN. SUCH A STRONG GRADIENT COMBINED WITH COLD AIR
ADVECTION AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT LEAD TO STRONG GALES WITH FREQUENT
STORM FORCE GUSTS OVER CNTRL LK SUPERIOR. CURRENT STORM AND GALE
WARNINGS IN FINE SHAPE. WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO DIMINISH WITH GALES
PERSISTING OVER LK SUPERIOR THROUGH WED. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE CROSSING ON
THURSDAY WILL ALLOW WINDS TO RELAX AND HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TO
SUBSIDE. EXPECT EAST WINDS 20-30 KTS ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT
AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES IN FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS. WINDS FOR THE
UPCOMING WEEKEND NO MORE THAN 20 KTS AS WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT
PREVAILS.
&&
.MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UPPER MICHIGAN...
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT FOR
MIZ002-004-005-009-084.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR MIZ006-007-014-
085.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR MIZ001-003.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR MIZ013.
LAKE SUPERIOR...
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY
FOR LSZ162-240>251-263>267.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR LSZ245>251-265-267.
STORM WARNING UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR LSZ266.
STORM WARNING UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LSZ243-244-264.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 5 AM EST /4 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY FOR LSZ240>242-
263.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR LSZ162.
LAKE MICHIGAN...
GALE WARNING UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR LMZ248-250.
&&
SHORT TERM...JLB
LONG TERM...JLA
AVIATION...JLB
MARINE...JLAHazardous weather outlook, Feb 19, 4:25 AM EST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 425 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-201200- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 425 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 /325 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO LAKE SUPERIOR AND OVER EASTERN SECTIONS. STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT TRAVEL OVER MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE MOST SNOW WILL OCCUR IN AREAS FAVORED BY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF WEDNESDAY IN THE SNOWBELTS OVER THE EAST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SNOWFALL AND POOR VISIBILITY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE. THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SUBMIT SNOW REPORTS ON OUR WEBPAGE...BY VISITING OUR FACEBOOK PAGE BY SEARCHING FOR US NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MICHIGAN...OR VIA TWITTER. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-201200- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND PORTAGE MN BEYOND 5NM-SAXON HARBOR WI TO BLACK RIVER MI- BLACK RIVER TO ONTONAGON MI- ONTONAGON TO UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO EAGLE RIVER MI- EAGLE RIVER TO MANITOU ISLAND MI- MANITOU ISLAND TO POINT ISABELLE MI- POINT ISABELLE TO LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO HURON ISLANDS MI INCLUDING KEWEENAW AND HURON BAYS-HURON ISLANDS TO MARQUETTE MI- MARQUETTE TO MUNISING MI-MUNISING TO GRAND MARAIS MI- GRAND MARAIS TO WHITEFISH POINT MI- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER INCLUDING ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL TO MANITOU ISLAND MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF A LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO WHITEFISH POINT MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- 425 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 /325 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NORTH TO NORTHWEST GALES OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH STORM FORCE WINDS OF 50 TO 55 KNOTS TODAY ACROSS MAINLY CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR. EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY ON MOST OF LAKE SUPERIOR. SEE THE LATEST LAKE SUPERIOR MARINE FORECAST AND THE MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER WIND AND FREEZING SPRAY DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NORTH GALES OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EAST HALF OF LAKE SUPERIOR ON WEDNESDAY. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SEE THE LATEST LAKE SUPERIOR MARINE FORECAST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER WIND AND FREEZING SPRAY DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LMZ221-248-250-201200- GREEN BAY NORTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-SEUL CHOIX POINT TO POINT DETOUR MI- 5NM EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRPORT MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE- 425 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NORTHWESTERLY GALE FORCE GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. SEE THE LATEST NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST AND OPEN WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN ALONG WITH THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JLA
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 19, 9:07 AM EST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
907 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM SNOW 4 WNW GLADSTONE 45.88N 87.09W
02/19/2013 M4.6 INCH DELTA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT 0.45 INCHES.
&&
DODSONLocal storm report, Feb 19, 9:08 AM EST, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
908 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM SNOW 5 N SHINGLETON 46.42N 86.48W
02/19/2013 M11.0 INCH ALGER MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL.
&&
DODSONLocal storm report, Feb 19, 9:09 AM EST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
909 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 AM SNOW 4 S STONINGTON 45.67N 86.97W
02/19/2013 M3.0 INCH DELTA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
&&
DODSONLocal storm report, Feb 19, 9:14 AM EST, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
914 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM SNOW PAULDING 46.40N 89.18W
02/19/2013 E6.8 INCH ONTONAGON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL.
0810 AM SNOW 1 SW CALUMET 47.24N 88.47W
02/19/2013 E10.0 INCH HOUGHTON MI PUBLIC
8 TO 12 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT.
0815 AM SNOW MANISTIQUE 45.96N 86.25W
02/19/2013 M3.8 INCH SCHOOLCRAFT MI PUBLIC
SINCE 730PM YESTERDAY.
&&
SRFLocal storm report, Feb 19, 9:15 AM EST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
915 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 AM SNOW 10 S GRAND MARAIS 46.53N 85.98W
02/19/2013 M8.0 INCH ALGER MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. SNOW IS WET AND HEAVY.
&&
DODSONLocal storm report, Feb 19, 9:20 AM EST, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
920 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0421 AM NON-TSTM WND GST COPPER HARBOR 47.47N 87.89W
02/19/2013 M49.00 MPH KEWEENAW MI ASOS
PEAK WIND THUS FAR AT THE COPPER HARBOR ASOS.
0500 AM SNOW EAGLE RIVER 47.42N 88.30W
02/19/2013 E3.0 INCH KEWEENAW MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
SINCE MONDAY EVENING. OCCASIONAL SNOW. STRONG WINDS AND
BLOWING SNOW ARE REDUCING VISIBILITY.
0500 AM SNOW HOUGHTON 47.11N 88.56W
02/19/2013 E3.0 INCH HOUGHTON MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
SINCE 7 PM MONDAY EVENING. SNOWING LIGHTLY NOW WITH GUSTY
WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW.
0500 AM SNOW ONTONAGON 46.87N 89.31W
02/19/2013 M0.5 INCH ONTONAGON MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
HALF INCH OF SNOW IN ONTONAGON SINCE MONDAY EVENING.
ROADS ARE SLIPPERY.
0500 AM SNOW BESSEMER 46.48N 90.05W
02/19/2013 E2.5 INCH GOGEBIC MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
2 TO 3 INCHES SINCE MONDAY EVENING. SNOWING HARD NOW WITH
BLOWING SNOW.
0515 AM SNOW MUNISING 46.42N 86.64W
02/19/2013 E5.5 INCH ALGER MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
5 TO 6 INCHES SINCE LATE MONDAY EVENING.
0515 AM SNOW ESCANABA 45.75N 87.08W
02/19/2013 E3.0 INCH DELTA MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
SINCE MONDAY EVENING. STILL SNOWING NOW WITH BLOWING
SNOW.
0515 AM SNOW MANISTIQUE 45.96N 86.25W
02/19/2013 E3.5 INCH SCHOOLCRAFT MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
3 TO 4 INCHES SINCE LATE MONDAY EVENING. STILL SNOWING.
0515 AM SNOW MENOMINEE 45.12N 87.62W
02/19/2013 E1.2 INCH MENOMINEE MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
1 TO 1.5 INCHES SINCE MONDAY EVENING.
0515 AM SNOW IRON MOUNTAIN 45.83N 88.06W
02/19/2013 E2.5 INCH DICKINSON MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
2 TO 3 INCHES SINCE MONDAY EVENING. WINDS AND BLOWING
SNOW HAVE STARTED TO INCREASE RECENTLY.
0515 AM SNOW CRYSTAL FALLS 46.10N 88.33W
02/19/2013 E1.2 INCH IRON MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
1 TO 1.5 INCHES SINCE MONDAY EVENING. STILL SNOWING WITH
BLOWING SNOW.
0600 AM SNOW 10 S GRAND MARAIS 46.53N 85.98W
02/19/2013 M8.0 INCH ALGER MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. SNOW IS WET AND HEAVY.
0605 AM SNOW 1 ENE BESSEMER 46.48N 90.03W
02/19/2013 E5.0 INCH GOGEBIC MI CO-OP OBSERVER
4 TO 6 INCHES SINCE MONDAY EVENING. STILL SNOWING.
0630 AM SNOW 1 WSW MUNISING 46.41N 86.66W
02/19/2013 M7.5 INCH ALGER MI TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.73 INCHES.
0700 AM SNOW NW NEWBERRY 46.35N 85.51W
02/19/2013 M3.7 INCH LUCE MI TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.43 INCHES.
0700 AM SNOW 1 S MANISTIQUE 45.95N 86.25W
02/19/2013 M5.0 INCH SCHOOLCRAFT MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.38 INCHES.
0700 AM SNOW 5 ENE GARDEN CORNERS 45.92N 86.44W
02/19/2013 M3.4 INCH SCHOOLCRAFT MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.49 INCHES.
0700 AM SNOW 1 SW GLADSTONE 45.84N 87.04W
02/19/2013 M4.2 INCH DELTA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.40 INCHES.
0700 AM SNOW 2 ENE SIDNAW 46.51N 88.67W
02/19/2013 M4.4 INCH BARAGA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.22 INCHES.
0700 AM SNOW 4 WNW GLADSTONE 45.88N 87.09W
02/19/2013 M4.6 INCH DELTA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT 0.45 INCHES.
0700 AM SNOW 3 NE NEGAUNEE 46.53N 87.55W
02/19/2013 M3.6 INCH MARQUETTE MI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.26 INCHES.
0730 AM SNOW 4 SE HARVEY 46.45N 87.30W
02/19/2013 M2.7 INCH MARQUETTE MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.32 INCHES.
0800 AM SNOW 1 SW THOUSAND ISLAND LA 46.22N 89.41W
02/19/2013 M2.5 INCH GOGEBIC MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.08 INCHES.
0800 AM SNOW 3 S IRON RIVER 46.06N 88.63W
02/19/2013 M2.0 INCH IRON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.16 INCHES.
0800 AM SNOW 1 ESE MARQUETTE 46.55N 87.38W
02/19/2013 M3.5 INCH MARQUETTE MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.34 INCHES.
0800 AM SNOW 5 E ROUND LAKE 46.15N 86.65W
02/19/2013 M7.0 INCH DELTA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HOUR TOTAL.
0800 AM SNOW 2 WNW IRONWOOD 46.47N 90.19W
02/19/2013 M6.0 INCH GOGEBIC MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX 12 HOUR TOTAL.
0800 AM SNOW 4 NE CALUMET 47.29N 88.38W
02/19/2013 M6.5 INCH KEWEENAW MI TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HOUR TOTAL. 0.68 INCHES WATER EQUIVALENT. SNOW
CONTINUING WITH BLOWING SNOW.
0800 AM SNOW HERMAN 46.67N 88.37W
02/19/2013 M8.7 INCH BARAGA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.32 INCHES. BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW.
0800 AM SNOW 4 NW WATSON 46.07N 87.48W
02/19/2013 M4.0 INCH MARQUETTE MI TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HOUR TOTAL.
0800 AM SNOW 10 E ONTONAGON 46.87N 89.10W
02/19/2013 M8.0 INCH ONTONAGON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.31 INCHES.
0800 AM SNOW 5 N SHINGLETON 46.42N 86.48W
02/19/2013 M11.0 INCH ALGER MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL.
0800 AM SNOW PAULDING 46.40N 89.18W
02/19/2013 E6.8 INCH ONTONAGON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL.
0810 AM SNOW 1 SW CALUMET 47.24N 88.47W
02/19/2013 E10.0 INCH HOUGHTON MI PUBLIC
8 TO 12 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT.
0815 AM SNOW MANISTIQUE 45.96N 86.25W
02/19/2013 M3.8 INCH SCHOOLCRAFT MI PUBLIC
SINCE 730PM YESTERDAY.
0830 AM SNOW 5 WNW BARAGA 46.80N 88.60W
02/19/2013 M3.0 INCH BARAGA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.22 INCHES.
0900 AM SNOW 4 S STONINGTON 45.67N 86.97W
02/19/2013 M3.0 INCH DELTA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROX. 12 HOUR TOTAL. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
&&
DODSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 9:55 AM EST | Gale Warning | MQT | 27 hr |
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