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Gale Warning 6, NWS Marquette, MI

January 11, 2013

NWS Marquette, MI issued this gale warning at Jan 11, 2013, 11:00 AM EST. It took effect at Jan 12, 2013, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 11, 2013, 11:00 AM EST (16:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 12, 2013, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 12, 2013, 10:00 PM EST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Marquette, MI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Jan 11, 6:29 AM EST, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 6:29 AM EST, 4 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 5:45 AM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 11, 10:27 AM EST, 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1027 AM EST FRI JAN 11 2013

MIZ001-003>007-010-014-084-085-112030-
KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-IRON-
SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK...
L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...NEWBERRY...
IRON RIVER...MANISTIQUE...KENTON...SIDNAW...SENEY
1027 AM EST FRI JAN 11 2013 /927 AM CST FRI JAN 11 2013/

...AREAS OF FOG TODAY...

THE COMBINATION OF WARMER TEMPERATURES...DRIZZLE...AND MELTING SNOW
IS HELPING CREATE AREAS OF FOG ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN. VISIBILITIES
AROUND 3 MILES WILL BE COMMON...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS BEING REDUCED TO
AROUND A QUARTER MILE OR LESS TODAY. THESE VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE
TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES TODAY...PARTICULARLY WHERE ICY SPOTS LINGER
AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN JUST ABOVE FREEZING.

IF DRIVING TODAY...SLOW DOWN AND PLAN EXTRA TIME TO GET TO YOUR
DESTINATION.

KF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 10, 8:21 PM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	MQT	Alger, Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron and 5 more	11 hr
Jan 11, 10:16 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	MQT	Delta, Dickinson, Luce, Menominee, Schoolcraft	15 hr
Jan 11, 11:00 AM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MQT		20 hr
Jan 11, 11:00 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		6 days
Jan 11, 3:59 PM EST	Wind Advisory	MQT	Houghton, Keweenaw	26 hr
Jan 11, 4:02 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	MQT	Houghton, Keweenaw	12 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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