Alert archive / Michigan / Blizzard Warnings in 2014
Blizzard Warning 3, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this blizzard warning at Feb 19, 2014, 5:47 PM EST for Houghton County, Keweenaw County, Michigan. It took effect at Feb 20, 2014, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 48 hr. 19 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, 2014, 5:47 PM EST (22:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2014, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2014, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
Counties Houghton County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 10:53 PM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Hubbell, MI | SNOWFALL OVER THE PAST 90 MINUTES. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND THUNDER. |
| Feb 20, 11:21 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Laurium, MI | SLEET MIXING IN WITH SNOW. SNOW DURATION 3 HOURS |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.6 | 5 Ese Chassell, MI | COOP OBSERVER STATION JACOBSVILLE /JCBM4/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 7.9 | Calumet, MI | COCORAHS STATION CALUMET /8667B/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 5.5 | Laurium, MI | COOP OBSERVER STATION LAURIUM #2 /LAUM4/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 5.7 | 1 Sse Painesdale, MI | COOP OBSERVER STATION PAINESDALE /PDLM4/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 21, 8:40 AM EST | SNOW 5 | 2 Ese Houghton, MI | COCORAHS STATION 2 E HOUGHTON /7199O/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 21, 9:00 AM EST | SNOW 9 | 2 E Redridge, MI | COOP OBSERVER STATION 5NW ATLANTIC MINE /ATMM4/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 21, 10:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Calumet, MI | SNOW DURATION 3 HOURS |
| Feb 21, 11:21 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Calumet, MI | 4 HR SNOWFALL 0700-1100 EST |
| Feb 21, 6:00 PM EST | SNOW 9 | Copper Harbor, MI | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 21, 6:05 PM EST | SNOW 12.1 | South Range, MI | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 21, 7:00 PM EST | BLIZZARD | Houghton, MI | HOUGHTON COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION PLOWS TAKEN OFF ROADS EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCIES. SEVERAL PUBLIC REPORTS OF CONTINUOUS WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA. ASOS AT THE HOUGHTON COUNTY AIRPORT REPORTING GUSTS OVER 40 MPH SINC |
| Feb 22, 5:00 AM EST | BLIZZARD | Houghton, MI | SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF SNOW NOTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN HOUGHTON COUNTY. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WERE OBSERVED AT THE HOUGHTON COUNTY MEMORIAL AIRPORT THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. |
| Feb 22, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 5 Ese Chassell, MI | COOP OBSERVER STATION JACOBSVILLE /JCBM4/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 22, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 5.7 | Calumet, MI | COCORAHS STATION CALUMET /8667B/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 22, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 6.5 | Laurium, MI | COOP OBSERVER STATION LAURIUM #2 /LAUM4/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 22, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 12 | 1 Sse Painesdale, MI | COOP OBSERVER STATION PAINESDALE /PDLM4/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Feb 22, 9:00 AM EST | SNOW 5 | 2 E Redridge, MI | COOP OBSERVER STATION 5NW ATLANTIC MINE /ATMM4/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 297 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
- 1861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
688 WWUS43 KMQT 192247 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 547 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT UPPER MICHIGAN LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY... .LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT WILL TRACK NORTHEAST...REACHING UPPER MICHIGAN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN THURSDAY NIGHT. THE EXPECTED TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN WOULD BRING A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET AND POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN EAST OF A LINE FROM ROUGHLY IRON MOUNTAIN TO MARQUETTE...REDUCING OVERALL SNOW AMOUNTS. AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO DEEPEN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS IT MOVES ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR AND INTO NORTHERN ONTARIO...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP...PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. MIZ001-003-200700- /O.UPG.KMQT.BZ.A.0002.140220T2300Z-140222T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.BZ.W.0003.140221T0000Z-140222T0300Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 547 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THURSDAY TO 10 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THURSDAY TO 10 PM EST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY THURSDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING. MUCH OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT. * WHILE EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITY THURSDAY EVENING...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AS WEST WINDS GUST TO 40 TO 50 MPH...PRODUCING SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEARLY CONSTANT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY... CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THURSDAY EVENING. * EXPECT VERY POOR VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THURSDAY EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FRIDAY WILL LEAD TO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. * WITH HIGH SNOWBANKS ALONG MOST ROADS...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MANY ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEEPLY DRIFTED SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE FOR MORE THAN A DAY AS GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. 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 && $$ MIZ002-004-009-010-084-200700- /O.UPG.KMQT.WS.A.0001.140220T2100Z-140221T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0004.140220T2100Z-140221T1700Z/ ONTONAGON-BARAGA-GOGEBIC-IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...L'ANSE...IRONWOOD... IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW 547 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014 /447 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THURSDAY TO NOON EST /11 AM CST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THURSDAY TO NOON EST /11 AM CST/ FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL QUICKLY BECOME VERY HEAVY THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR FROM IRONWOOD AND MARENISCO TO ROCKLAND. MUCH OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR IN ABOUT A 6 TO 9 HOUR PERIOD THURSDAY NIGHT. * STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH FRIDAY MORNING WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * STRONG WEST WINDS FRIDAY MORNING WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-011-200700- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.A.0001.140220T2100Z-140221T1500Z/ MARQUETTE-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE...IRON MOUNTAIN 547 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014 /447 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND MAY BECOME HEAVY THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH FRIDAY MORNING WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * ROADS MAY QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * STRONG WEST WINDS FRIDAY MORNING WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-007-012>014-085-200700- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.A.0001.140220T2000Z-140221T1500Z/ ALGER-LUCE-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...NEWBERRY... MENOMINEE...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE...SENEY 547 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014 /447 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND COULD BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY EVENING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE PRECIPITATION DIMINISHES. * STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE...GREATEST NORTH OF US-2. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH THURSDAY EVENING WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH FRIDAY WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW OR ICE COVERED AND HAZARDOUS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * STRONG WINDS THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ ROLFSON
15 follow-up statements
039 WWUS43 KMQT 200152 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 852 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT UPPER MICHIGAN LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY... .LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT WILL TRACK NORTHEAST...REACHING UPPER MICHIGAN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN THURSDAY NIGHT. THE EXPECTED TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN WILL BRING A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET AND POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN EAST OF A LINE FROM ROUGHLY IRON MOUNTAIN TO MARQUETTE...REDUCING OVERALL SNOW AMOUNTS. AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO DEEPEN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS IT MOVES ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR AND INTO NORTHERN ONTARIO...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP...PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY FRIDAY MORNING. MIZ001-003-201100- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0003.140221T0000Z-140222T0300Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 852 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THURSDAY TO 10 PM EST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY THURSDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING. MUCH OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT. * WHILE EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITY THURSDAY EVENING...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AS WEST WINDS GUST TO 40 TO 50 MPH... PRODUCING SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEARLY CONSTANT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY... CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THURSDAY EVENING. * EXPECT VERY POOR VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THURSDAY EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FRIDAY WILL LEAD TO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. * WITH HIGH SNOWBANKS ALONG MOST ROADS...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MANY ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEEPLY DRIFTED SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE FOR MORE THAN A DAY AS GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. 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 && $$ MIZ002-004-009-010-084-201100- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.140220T2100Z-140221T1700Z/ ONTONAGON-BARAGA-GOGEBIC-IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...L'ANSE...IRONWOOD... IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW 852 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014 /752 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THURSDAY TO NOON EST /11 AM CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL QUICKLY BECOME VERY HEAVY THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR FROM IRONWOOD AND MARENISCO TO ROCKLAND. MUCH OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR IN ABOUT A 6 TO 9 HOUR PERIOD THURSDAY NIGHT. * STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH FRIDAY MORNING WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * STRONG WEST WINDS FRIDAY MORNING WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-011-201100- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.A.0001.140220T2100Z-140221T1500Z/ MARQUETTE-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE...IRON MOUNTAIN 852 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014 /752 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND MAY BECOME HEAVY THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH FRIDAY MORNING WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * ROADS MAY QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * STRONG WEST WINDS FRIDAY MORNING WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-007-012>014-085-201100- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.A.0001.140220T2000Z-140221T1500Z/ ALGER-LUCE-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...NEWBERRY... MENOMINEE...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE...SENEY 852 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014 /752 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND COULD BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY EVENING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE PRECIPITATION DIMINISHES. * STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE...GREATEST NORTH OF US-2. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH THURSDAY EVENING WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH FRIDAY WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW OR ICE COVERED AND HAZARDOUS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * STRONG WINDS THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ KC
709 WWUS43 KMQT 200920 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 420 AM EST THU FEB 20 2014 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT UPPER MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY... .LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE PLAINS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TRACK NORTHEAST...REACHING UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. THE EXPECTED TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS WEST CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN WILL BRING A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EAST OF A LINE FROM ROUGHLY IRON RIVER TO BARAGA...REDUCING OVERALL SNOW AMOUNTS. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS IT MOVES ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR AND INTO NORTHERN ONTARIO. AT THIS TIME...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP...PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY FRIDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE BAY OF GREEN BAY NEAR AND EAST OF GARDEN CORNERS. MIZ005-011-201730- /O.UPG.KMQT.WS.A.0001.140220T2100Z-140221T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KMQT.WS.W.0004.140220T2100Z-140221T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE...IRON MOUNTAIN 420 AM EST THU FEB 20 2014 /320 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...ICING...AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BECOME HEAVY THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS EVENING UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...HIGHEST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WEST OF MARQUETTE. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH FRIDAY MORNING WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY. * STRONG WEST WINDS FRIDAY MORNING WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-007-012>014-085-201730- /O.UPG.KMQT.WS.A.0001.140220T2000Z-140221T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KMQT.WS.W.0004.140220T2100Z-140222T0000Z/ ALGER-LUCE-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...NEWBERRY... MENOMINEE...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE...SENEY 420 AM EST THU FEB 20 2014 /320 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...SIGNIFICANT ICING...AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AS THE PRECIPITATION DIMINISHES. * STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...GREATEST NORTH OF US-2. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 45 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. LOCALIZED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE NORTHERN BAY OF GREEN BAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW OR ICE COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY. * STRONG WINDS THIS EVENING AND FRIDAY WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BAY OF GREEN BAY AND LAKE MICHIGAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-004-009-010-084-201730- /O.EXT.KMQT.WS.W.0004.140220T2100Z-140222T0000Z/ ONTONAGON-BARAGA-GOGEBIC-IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...L'ANSE...IRONWOOD... IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW 420 AM EST THU FEB 20 2014 /320 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL QUICKLY BECOME VERY HEAVY THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE FRIDAY. * SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVIEST FROM IRONWOOD TO ONTONAGON WHERE 13 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. ELSEWHERE...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. THE BULK OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR IN ABOUT A 6 TO 9 HOUR PERIOD TONIGHT. * STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH FRIDAY MORNING WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * ROADS BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. * STRONG WEST WINDS FRIDAY MORNING WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. 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 && $$ MIZ001-003-201730- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0003.140221T0000Z-140222T0300Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 420 AM EST THU FEB 20 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM EST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. THE BULK OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. * WHILE EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITY THIS EVENING...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AS WEST WINDS GUST TO 40 TO 50 MPH...PRODUCING SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEARLY CONSTANT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY. * EXPECT VERY POOR VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FRIDAY WILL LEAD TO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. * WITH HIGH SNOWBANKS ALONG MOST ROADS...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MANY ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEEPLY DRIFTED SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE FOR MORE THAN A DAY AS GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ TITUS
998 WWUS43 KMQT 201541 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1041 AM EST THU FEB 20 2014 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT UPPER MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY... .LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE PLAINS LATE THIS MORNING WILL TRACK NORTHEAST...REACHING UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. THE EXPECTED TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS WEST CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN WILL BRING A MIX OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EAST OF A LINE FROM ROUGHLY IRON RIVER TO BARAGA...REDUCING OVERALL SNOW AMOUNTS. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS IT MOVES ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR AND INTO NORTHERN ONTARIO. AT THIS TIME...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP...PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY FRIDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE BAY OF GREEN BAY NEAR AND EAST OF GARDEN CORNERS. MIZ001-003-202230- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0003.140221T0000Z-140222T0300Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 1041 AM EST THU FEB 20 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM EST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. THE BULK OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. * WHILE EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITY THIS EVENING...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AS WEST WINDS GUST TO 40 TO 50 MPH...PRODUCING SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEARLY CONSTANT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY. * EXPECT VERY POOR VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FRIDAY WILL LEAD TO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. * WITH HIGH SNOWBANKS ALONG MOST ROADS...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MANY ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEEPLY DRIFTED SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE FOR MORE THAN A DAY AS GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. 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 && $$ MIZ002-004-009-010-084-202230- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.140220T2100Z-140222T0000Z/ ONTONAGON-BARAGA-GOGEBIC-IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...L'ANSE...IRONWOOD... IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW 1041 AM EST THU FEB 20 2014 /941 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL QUICKLY BECOME VERY HEAVY THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE FRIDAY. * SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVIEST FROM IRONWOOD TO ONTONAGON WHERE 13 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. ELSEWHERE... SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. THE BULK OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR IN ABOUT A 6 TO 9 HOUR PERIOD TONIGHT. * STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH FRIDAY MORNING WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * ROADS BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. * STRONG WEST WINDS FRIDAY MORNING WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-011-202230- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.140220T2100Z-140221T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE...IRON MOUNTAIN 1041 AM EST THU FEB 20 2014 /941 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BECOME HEAVY THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS EVENING UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...HIGHEST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WEST OF MARQUETTE. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH FRIDAY MORNING WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY. * STRONG WEST WINDS FRIDAY MORNING WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-007-012>014-085-202230- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.140220T2100Z-140222T0000Z/ ALGER-LUCE-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...NEWBERRY... MENOMINEE...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE...SENEY 1041 AM EST THU FEB 20 2014 /941 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AS THE PRECIPITATION DIMINISHES. * STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...GREATEST NORTH OF US-2. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 45 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. LOCALIZED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE NORTHERN BAY OF GREEN BAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW OR ICE COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY. * STRONG WINDS THIS EVENING AND FRIDAY WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BAY OF GREEN BAY AND LAKE MICHIGAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MCD
717 WWUS43 KMQT 202114 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 414 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT UPPER MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL TRACK NORTHEAST...REACHING UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE EXPECTED TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS WEST CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN WILL BRING A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EAST OF A LINE FROM ROUGHLY IRON RIVER TO BARAGA...REDUCING OVERALL SNOW AMOUNTS. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS IT MOVES ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR AND INTO NORTHERN ONTARIO. AT THIS TIME...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP...PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY FRIDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE BAY OF GREEN BAY NEAR AND EAST OF GARDEN CORNERS. MIZ001-003-210515- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0003.140221T0000Z-140222T0300Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 414 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM EST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. THE BULK OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. * WHILE EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITY THIS EVENING...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AS WEST WINDS GUST TO 40 TO 50 MPH...PRODUCING SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEARLY CONSTANT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY. * EXPECT VERY POOR VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FRIDAY WILL LEAD TO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. * WITH HIGH SNOWBANKS ALONG MOST ROADS...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MANY ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEEPLY DRIFTED SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE FOR MORE THAN A DAY AS GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. 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 && $$ MIZ002-004-009-010-084-210515- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140222T0000Z/ ONTONAGON-BARAGA-GOGEBIC-IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...L'ANSE...IRONWOOD... IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW 414 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014 /314 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND QUICKLY BECOME VERY HEAVY THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVIEST FROM IRONWOOD TO ONTONAGON WHERE 13 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. ELSEWHERE... SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. THE BULK OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR IN ABOUT A 6 TO 9 HOUR PERIOD TONIGHT. * STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH FRIDAY WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING AND FRIDAY. * STRONG WEST WINDS FRIDAY WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-011-210515- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE...IRON MOUNTAIN 414 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014 /314 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND BECOME HEAVY THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS EVENING UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...HIGHEST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WEST OF MARQUETTE. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH FRIDAY MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY. * STRONG WEST WINDS FRIDAY WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-007-012>014-085-210515- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140222T0000Z/ ALGER-LUCE-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...NEWBERRY... MENOMINEE...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE...SENEY 414 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014 /314 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH THROUGH FRIDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...GREATEST NORTH OF US-2. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. LOCALIZED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE NORTHERN BAY OF GREEN BAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW OR ICE COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY. * STRONG WINDS THIS EVENING AND FRIDAY WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BAY OF GREEN BAY AND LAKE MICHIGAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MCD
916 WWUS43 KMQT 210258 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 958 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT UPPER MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH WISCONSIN WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN OVERNIGHT AND INTO LAKE SUPERIOR ON FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE EXPECTED TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS WEST CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN WILL BRING A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN EAST OF A LINE FROM ROUGHLY CRYSTAL FALLS TO NEGAUNEE...REDUCING OVERALL SNOW AMOUNTS IN THAT AREA. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS IT MOVES ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR AND INTO NORTHERN ONTARIO. IN ITS WAKE...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP...PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY FRIDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE BAY OF GREEN BAY NEAR AND EAST OF GARDEN CORNERS. MIZ001-003-211200- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140222T0300Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 958 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW ARRIVING THIS EVENING WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. THE BULK OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. * WHILE EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITY THIS EVENING...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AS WEST WINDS GUST TO 40 TO 50 MPH...PRODUCING SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEARLY CONSTANT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH FRIDAY. * EXPECT VERY POOR VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FRIDAY WILL LEAD TO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. * WITH HIGH SNOWBANKS ALONG MOST ROADS...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MANY ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEEPLY DRIFTED SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE FOR MORE THAN A DAY AS GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. 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 && $$ MIZ002-004-009-010-084-211200- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140222T0000Z/ ONTONAGON-BARAGA-GOGEBIC-IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...L'ANSE...IRONWOOD... IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW 958 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014 /858 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL TEND TO DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHTER SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY. * SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVIEST FROM IRONWOOD TO ONTONAGON WHERE 13 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. ELSEWHERE...PLAN ON SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 13 INCHES THROUGH FRIDAY. THE BULK OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR IN ABOUT A 6 TO 9 HOUR PERIOD TONIGHT. * STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH FRIDAY WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. * STRONG WEST WINDS FRIDAY WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-011-211200- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE...IRON MOUNTAIN 958 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014 /858 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM IRON MOUNTAIN TO MARQUETTE. PERIODS OF LIGHTER SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY. * PLAN ON STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...HIGHEST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE HURON MOUNTAINS WEST OF MARQUETTE. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN MARQUETTE AND DICKINSON COUNTIES. * SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 35 MPH INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY. STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH FRIDAY MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS INTO FRIDAY. * STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT AND WEST WINDS ON FRIDAY WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-007-012>014-085-211200- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140222T0000Z/ ALGER-LUCE-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...NEWBERRY... MENOMINEE...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE...SENEY 958 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014 /858 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO ALL SNOW LATE. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY...BUT DIMINISH OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL. * STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...GREATEST NORTH OF US-2. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. * EXPECT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW. LOCALIZED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE NORTHERN BAY OF GREEN BAY ON FRIDAY WHERE HEAVIER SNOW FALLS FOR A TIME. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW OR ICE COVERED AND HAZARDOUS INTO FRIDAY. * STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ON FRIDAY WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BAY OF GREEN BAY AND LAKE MICHIGAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ KC
989 WWUS43 KMQT 210730 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 230 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...STRONG WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT ESPECIALLY WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN EARLY THIS MORNING AND INTO LAKE SUPERIOR BY LATE THIS MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY SNOW TO WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY. THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS WEST CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN EAST OF A LINE FROM ROUGHLY CRYSTAL FALLS TO NEGAUNEE BEFORE SUNRISE TODAY...REDUCING OVERALL SNOW AMOUNTS IN THAT AREA. AFTER THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSES...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP...PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP THIS MORNING. MIZ004-006-007-010-012-085-211530- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140222T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.140221T0730Z-140222T0000Z/ BARAGA-ALGER-LUCE-IRON-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING... NEWBERRY...IRON RIVER...MENOMINEE...SENEY 230 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 /130 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...LIGHT ICING...AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL DIMINISH EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO ALL SNOW BY SUNRISE TODAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY...BUT DIMINISH OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...GREATEST OVER BARAGA AND IRON COUNTIES AND NORTH OF US-2 IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE SUNRISE. * EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TODAY. WINDS WILL THEN SWITCH TO THE SOUTHWEST AND GUST TO 35 TO 45 MPH THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW OR ICE COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH TODAY. * STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-011-211530- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.140221T0730Z-140222T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE...IRON MOUNTAIN 230 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 /130 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...LIGHT ICING...AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL DIMINISH EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO ALL SNOW BY SUNRISE TODAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY...BUT DIMINISH OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE SUNRISE. * EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TODAY. WINDS WILL THEN SWITCH TO THE SOUTHWEST AND GUST TO 35 TO 45 MPH THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW OR ICE COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH TODAY. * STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-014-210830- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140222T0000Z/ DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE 230 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW AND SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE BEFORE TURNING TO ALL SNOW BY SUNRISE TODAY. WHILE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANT...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH EXPECTED MAINLY NEAR AND EAST OF GARDEN CORNERS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED...SEE THAT PRODUCT FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL REMAIN SLICK IN SPOTS DUE TO SNOW AND ICE COVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ001-003-211530- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140222T0300Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 230 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL CONTINUE BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING FRIDAY NIGHT. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY. THE BULK OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS MORNING. * EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITY BEFORE WEAKENING AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OVERHEAD. THEN LATER THIS MORNING...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AS WEST WINDS GUST TO 40 TO 50 MPH...PRODUCING SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEARLY CONSTANT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. * VERY POOR VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS STARTING LATER THIS MORNING WILL LEAD TO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. * WITH HIGH SNOWBANKS ALONG MOST ROADS...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MANY ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEEPLY DRIFTED SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE FOR MORE THAN A DAY AS GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-009-084-211530- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140222T0000Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD...KENTON...SIDNAW 230 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 /130 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL TEND TO DIMINISH TOWARD SUNRISE TODAY. PERIODS OF LIGHTER SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. * SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVIEST FROM IRONWOOD TO ONTONAGON WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY. ELSEWHERE...PLAN ON SNOWFALL ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES THROUGH TODAY. THE BULK OF THE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS MORNING. * STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH STARTING THIS MORNING WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. * STRONG WEST WINDS TODAY WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. 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 && $$ TITUS
943 WWUS43 KMQT 210928 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 428 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...STRONG WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT ESPECIALLY WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN WILL MOVE TOWARD THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA BY DAYBREAK THIS MORNING...AND OVER NORTHERN LAKE SUPERIOR BY LATE THIS MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY SNOW TO WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY. AFTER THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSES...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP...PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP THIS MORNING. MIZ001-003-211800- /O.EXT.KMQT.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140222T1300Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 428 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE...BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TONIGHT. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY. THE BULK OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS MORNING. * EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITY BEFORE WEAKENING AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OVERHEAD. THEN LATER THIS MORNING...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AS WEST WINDS GUST TO 40 TO 50 MPH...PRODUCING SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEARLY CONSTANT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL DIMINISH ON SATURDAY...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS INTO SATURDAY. * VERY POOR VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS STARTING LATER THIS MORNING WILL LEAD TO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. * WITH HIGH SNOWBANKS ALONG MOST ROADS...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MANY ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEEPLY DRIFTED SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE FOR MORE THAN A DAY AS GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. 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 && $$ MIZ002-009-084-211800- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140222T0000Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD...KENTON...SIDNAW 428 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 /328 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL TEND TO DIMINISH TOWARD SUNRISE THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHTER SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. * SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVIEST FROM IRONWOOD TO ONTONAGON WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY. ELSEWHERE...PLAN ON ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH TODAY. THE BULK OF THE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS MORNING. * STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH STARTING THIS MORNING WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. * STRONG WEST WINDS TODAY WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. 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 && $$ MIZ004>007-010>012-085-211800- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140222T0000Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE- NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE... GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...NEWBERRY...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN... MENOMINEE...SENEY 428 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 /328 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * ANY LINGERING FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL SWITCH BACK TO SNOW BY SUNRISE TODAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...DIMINISHING OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...GREATEST OVER BARAGA AND IRON COUNTIES AND NORTH OF US-2 IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. MINIMAL ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR BEFORE SUNRISE. * EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING. THOUGH WINDS OVER CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN WILL DIMINISH AROUND SUNRISE THIS MORNING...EXPECT THE WINDS TO SWITCH TO THE SOUTHWEST OVER ALL OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN BY MIDDAY AND GUST TO 35 TO 45 MPH THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW OR ICE COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH TODAY. * STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ JLA
111 WWUS43 KMQT 211627 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1127 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER LAKE SUPERIOR KEEPS SNOW AND STRONG WINDS OVER UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN LAKE SUPERIOR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO ONTARIO BY EARLY EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. MIZ001-003-220030- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140222T1300Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 1127 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND SATURDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY. THE BULK OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AS WEST WINDS GUST TO 40 TO 50 MPH...PRODUCING SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEARLY CONSTANT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL DIMINISH ON SATURDAY...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS INTO SATURDAY. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE...WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. * WITH HIGH SNOWBANKS ALONG MOST ROADS...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MANY ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEEPLY DRIFTED SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE FOR MORE THAN A DAY AS GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. 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 && $$ MIZ002-009-084-220000- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140222T0000Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD...KENTON...SIDNAW 1127 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 /1027 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ROUGHLY MID AFTERNOON...THEN GRADUALLY BECOME LIGHTER. * SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVIEST FROM IRONWOOD TO ONTONAGON WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY. ELSEWHERE...PLAN ON ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES TODAY. THE BULK OF THE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. * STRONG WEST WINDS TODAY WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004>007-010>012-085-220000- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140222T0000Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE- NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE... GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...NEWBERRY...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN... MENOMINEE...SENEY 1127 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 /1027 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...DIMINISHING OVER CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN BY MID AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS IN BARAGA AND IRON COUNTIES...AND NORTH OF US-2 ACROSS EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. * EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 MPH TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. LOCATIONS ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW OR ICE COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH TODAY. * STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MCD
958 WWUS43 KMQT 212056 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 356 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER LAKE SUPERIOR KEEPS SNOW AND STRONG WINDS OVER UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN LAKE SUPERIOR WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO NORTHERN ONTARIO BY EARLY EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MAINLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN THROUGH THE EVENING. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. MIZ084-220300- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140222T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140222T0300Z/ SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENTON...SIDNAW 356 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...WITH GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * EXPECT WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING...LEADING TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IMPACTS... * ROADS MAY BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING. * AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1/2 MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-009-220500- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140222T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140222T1300Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD 356 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 /256 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS FAVORED BY WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM IRONWOOD TO WHITE PINE AND ROCKLAND. LOCATIONS EAST OF A LINE FROM MARENISCO BRUCE CROSSING WILL ONLY SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO DIMINISH TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL BE NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR IN FAVORED REGIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENING WHEN WINDS ARE STRONGEST. * STRONG WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE IN THE EVENING. LOCATIONS ALONG THE SHORELINE NEAR BLACK RIVER HARBOR WILL SEE THE MOST EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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 && $$ MIZ010>012-212200- /O.CAN.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140222T0000Z/ IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN...MENOMINEE 256 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * WITH WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING...EXPECT PATCHES OF BLOWING OR DRIFTING SNOW. AS WINDS DIMINISH THIS EVENING...EXPECT IMPROVING CONDITIONS. IMPACTS... * PATCHY BLOWING OR DRIFTING SNOW MAY LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * ROADS MAY STILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY...BUT CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ001-003-220500- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140222T1300Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 356 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF THROUGH SATURDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. A MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR THROUGH LATE EVENING. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM WINONA TO CALUMET TO DELAWARE. * DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AS WEST WINDS GUST TO 45 TO 55 MPH...PRODUCING SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEARLY CONSTANT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL DIMINISH ON SATURDAY...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS INTO SATURDAY. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE...WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. * WITH HIGH SNOWBANKS ALONG MOST ROADS...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MANY ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEEPLY DRIFTED SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE FOR MORE THAN A DAY AS GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. 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 && $$ MIZ004>007-085-220300- /O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140222T0300Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE... GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...NEWBERRY...SENEY 356 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH THE MORE MODERATE SNOW EAST OF MARQUETTE. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS EAST OF MARQUETTE. * EXPECT WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO DIMINISH TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY EARLY EVENING. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IMPACTS... * ROADS MAY BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING. * STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1/2 MILE AT TIMES. EXPECT IMPROVING CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AS WINDS AND SNOWFALL DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MCD
558 WWUS43 KMQT 220101 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 801 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...SLOWLY DIMINISHING WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS ON SOUTHERN FLANK OF DEEP LOW PRESSURE IN ONTARIO... .AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DRIFTING NORTHEAST THROUGH ONTARIO MOVES FARTHER AWAY THROUGH THE NIGHT...EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WEST WINDS OVER UPPER MICHIGAN TO SLOWLY DIMINISH. THE MOST PERSISTENT SNOW SHOWERS...STRONGER WEST WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL IMPACT WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND ESPECIALLY THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...WHERE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. MIZ004>007-084-085-220215- /O.CAN.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140222T0300Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE... GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...NEWBERRY...KENTON...SIDNAW...SENEY 801 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TO IMPACT MAINLY AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF GRAND MARAIS AND OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE NIGHT. THERE WILL BE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AS WELL IN OPEN AREAS...MAINLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. THE COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW MAY CAUSE THE VISIBILITY TO FALL BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...MAINLY EAST OF GRAND MARAIS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ001-003-221100- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140222T1300Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 801 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF THROUGH SATURDAY. * PLAN ON TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH THE NIGHT. A MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR THROUGH LATE EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM WINONA TO CALUMET AND DELAWARE. * DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AS WEST WINDS GUST AS HIGH AS 45 TO 55 MPH...RESULTING IN SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEARLY CONSTANT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS INTO SATURDAY. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE...WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. * WITH HIGH SNOWBANKS ALONG MOST ROADS...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MANY ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEEPLY DRIFTED SNOW. SOME ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE FOR MORE THAN A DAY AS GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-009-221100- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140222T1300Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD 801 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 /701 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS FAVORED BY WEST WINDS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * PLAN ON TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM THE PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS TO WHITE PINE AND ROCKLAND. LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MARENISCO TO BRUCE CROSSING WILL PICK UP LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW. * ALTHOUGH WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DIMINISH TO 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENING WHEN WINDS ARE STRONGEST. * STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE THROUGH THE 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 && $$ KC
661 WWUS43 KMQT 220837 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 337 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...SLOWLY DIMINISHING WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS ON SOUTHERN FLANK OF DEEP LOW PRESSURE IN ONTARIO... .AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SPINS OVER FAR NORTHERN ONTARIO THROUGH TODAY...EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WEST WINDS OVER UPPER MICHIGAN TO SLOWLY DIMINISH. THE MOST PERSISTENT SNOW SHOWERS...STRONGER WEST WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL IMPACT WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND ESPECIALLY THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...WHERE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. MIZ001-003-221645- /O.EXT.KMQT.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140223T0000Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 337 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AS WEST WINDS GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH...RESULTING IN SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEARLY CONSTANT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME TONIGHT...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. * LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TODAY INTO TONIGHT. * PLAN ON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH TODAY. IMPACTS... * WITH HIGH SNOWBANKS ALONG MOST ROADS...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO RESULT IN MANY ROADS BEING IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEEPLY DRIFTED SNOW. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH TODAY. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE...WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-009-221645- /O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140223T0000Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD 337 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2014 /237 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH TODAY...CONTINUING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS FAVORED BY WEST WINDS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. AN INCH OR LESS OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY. IMPACTS... * STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE THROUGH TODAY. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. 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 && $$ TITUS
954 WWUS43 KMQT 221635 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1135 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS AND SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ON SOUTHERN FLANK OF DEEP LOW PRESSURE IN ONTARIO... .AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SPINS OVER FAR NORTHERN ONTARIO THROUGH TONIGHT...EXPECT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WEST WINDS OVER NORTHWESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN TO CONTINUE. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN OVER THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA THROUGH THIS EVENING...WHERE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 35 TO 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL LEAD TO EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. MIZ001-003-230000- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140223T0000Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 1135 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AS WEST WINDS GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...RESULTING IN SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEARLY CONSTANT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME TONIGHT...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. * LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH TONIGHT. * PLAN ON ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. IMPACTS... * WITH HIGH SNOWBANKS ALONG MOST ROADS...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO RESULT IN MANY ROADS BEING IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEEPLY DRIFTED SNOW. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE...WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-009-230000- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140223T0000Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD 1135 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2014 /1035 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH TODAY...CONTINUING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * ISOLATED LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS FAVORED BY WEST WINDS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. IMPACTS... * STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. 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 && $$ SRF
336 WWUS43 KMQT 221702 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1202 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS AND SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ON SOUTHERN FLANK OF DEEP LOW PRESSURE IN ONTARIO... .AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SPINS OVER FAR NORTHERN ONTARIO THROUGH TONIGHT...EXPECT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WEST WINDS OVER NORTHWESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN TO CONTINUE. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN OVER THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA THROUGH THIS EVENING...WHERE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 35 TO 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL LEAD TO EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. MIZ001-003-230000- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140223T0000Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 1202 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AS WEST WINDS GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...RESULTING IN SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEARLY CONSTANT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME TONIGHT...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. * LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH TONIGHT. * PLAN ON ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE...WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY. * MANY SECONDARY ROADS IN HOUGHTON AND KEWEENAW COUNTIES CONTINUE TO BE SNOW COVERED AND IMPASSIBLE. THE HOUGHTON AND KEWEENAW COUNTY ROAD COMMISSIONS ARE ADVISING THAT THESE SECONDARY ROAD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. THEY ARE ADVISING MOTORISTS TO AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL AND TO STAY OFF SECONDARY ROADS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE TO AVOID BECOMING STRANDED. 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 && $$ MIZ002-009-230000- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140223T0000Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD 1202 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2014 /1102 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH TODAY... CONTINUING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * ISOLATED LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS FAVORED BY WEST WINDS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. IMPACTS... * STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. 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 && $$ SRF
927 WWUS43 KMQT 222038 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 338 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS AND SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE KEWEENAW THIS EVENING... .AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SPINS OVER FAR NORTHERN ONTARIO THROUGH TONIGHT...EXPECT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WEST WINDS OVER THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 30 TO 40 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT...LEADING TO EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. MIZ002-009-222145- /O.CAN.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140223T0000Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD 338 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2014 /238 PM CST SAT FEB 22 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL STILL GUST TO 25 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...THE WIDESPREAD NATURE OF THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW HAS DIMINISHED. IMPACTS... * THE GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL CREATE PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS AND LOCATIONS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ001-003-230000- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140223T0000Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 338 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR AND IN OPEN AREAS...AS WEST WINDS GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEARLY CONSTANT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME TONIGHT...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. * LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY...BUT ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN UNDER 2 INCHES. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE...WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING IN OPEN AREAS AND NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * MANY SECONDARY ROADS IN HOUGHTON AND KEWEENAW COUNTIES CONTINUE TO BE SNOW COVERED AND IMPASSIBLE. THE HOUGHTON AND KEWEENAW COUNTY ROAD COMMISSIONS ARE ADVISING THAT THESE SECONDARY ROAD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. THEY ARE ADVISING MOTORISTS TO AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL AND TO STAY OFF SECONDARY ROADS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE TO AVOID BECOMING STRANDED. 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 && $$ SRF
509 WWUS43 KMQT 222353 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 653 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS AND BLOWING SNOW TO CONTINUE OVER THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA INTO SUNDAY... .ALTHOUGH A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER FAR NORTHERN ONTARIO WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN...WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO AROUND 35 MPH INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...CREATING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO POOR VISIBILITY. MIZ001-003-230800- /O.EXP.KMQT.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140223T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WW.Y.0012.140223T0000Z-140223T2200Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 653 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * ALTHOUGH THE MAGNITUDE AND WIDESPREAD NATURE OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW HAS DIMINISHED...WEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL ALSO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY... BUT ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN UNDER 2 INCHES. IMPACTS... * BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL RESULT IN SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * MANY SECONDARY ROADS IN HOUGHTON AND KEWEENAW COUNTIES CONTINUE TO BE SNOW COVERED AND IMPASSABLE. THE HOUGHTON AND KEWEENAW COUNTY ROAD COMMISSIONS ARE ADVISING THAT THESE SECONDARY ROAD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. THEY ARE ADVISING MOTORISTS TO AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL AND TO STAY OFF SECONDARY ROADS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE TO AVOID BECOMING STRANDED. 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 && $$ ROLFSON
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, 5:19 PM EST, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 5:19 PM EST, 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
519 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 518 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RUC ANALYSIS SHOW TROF MOVING ACROSS THE
ROCKIES WITH 2 MAIN SHORTWAVES OF INTEREST THAT WILL CONSPIRE TO
BRING A STRONG WINTER STORM TO THE UPPER LAKES. ONE IS OVER SRN
SASKATCHEWAN/MT AND THE OTHER IS MOVING ACROSS NV/UT. WELL OUT AHEAD
OF THESE FEATURES...A QUIET NIGHT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FCST AREA.
MAINLY CLEAR SKIES INITIALLY WILL GIVE WAY TO INCREASING HIGH AND
MID CLOUDS DURING THE NIGHT. LIGHT WINDS AND LACK OF SIGNIFICANT
CLOUD COVER EARLY SHOULD ALLOW TEMPS OVER THE CNTRL AND E TO FALL
QUICKLY. LEANED TOWARD SOME OF THE COLDER GUIDANCE WITH MINS IN THE
MID TEENS IN THE INTERIOR. OUT W...DEVELOPING LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW
AND A QUICKER INCREASE IN CLOUDS SHOULD HOLD TEMPS UP INTO THE
LOW/MID 20S.
ON THU...LOW PRES ORGANIZING OVER THE SRN PLAINS EARLY IN THE MORNING
WILL LIFT NE INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DURING THE AFTN.
GENERAL MODEL TREND IN THE LAST DAY OR SO HAS BEEN FOR A SLOWER
EXPANSION OF PCPN NE INTO THE UPPER LAKES AS SYSTEM IS TENDING TO
START THE RAPID DEEPENING PHASE MORE QUICKLY BEFORE REACHING THE
UPPER LAKES. OPTED TO FOLLOW THIS TREND AND FAVOR THE SLOWER
SOLUTIONS. AS A RESULT...PCPN ONSET HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK SOME. MAIN
PUSH OF HEAVY PCPN IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THU NIGHT WHEN IT WILL
RAPIDLY SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. INITIALLY...EVAPORATIVE/ADIABATIC
COOLING SHOULD LEAD TO PTYPE AS MAINLY SNOW...BUT DID INCLUDE SOME
MENTION OF MIXED PTYPES OVER ABOUT THE SE HALF.
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 518 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014
MAIN CONCERN FOR THE LONG TERM FORECAST IS THE WINTER STORM EXPECTED
ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
EARLIER MODEL RUNS HAVE CONSISTENTLY KEPT THE TWO SURFACE LOWS
CROSSING FROM ILLINOIS AND MINNESOTA THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO A MERGED
LOW OVER CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN BY LATE THURSDAY EVENING. THIS
BRINGS WARM AIR AND HENCE MIXED PRECIPITATION INTO PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. CONCERNS THIS PAST FEW DAYS HAVE
BEEN ABOUT THE FORECASTED LOW TRACK SHIFTING AS THE MODELS HAD NOT
REALLY BEEN ABLE TO ADEQUATELY SAMPLE THE SYSTEM UP UNTIL TODAY.
HOWEVER...NOW THAT THE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM HAS MOVED ONSHORE IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST...DIFFERENCES IN THE MODELS HAVE DEVELOPED. THE 6Z NAM
BEGAN TRENDING THE SYSTEM EASTWARD...AND THE 12Z NAM HAS COMPLETELY
MOVED THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER LATE THURSDAY EVENING FROM THE CENTRAL
U.P. TO OVER NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. IT IS ALSO SLOWER THAN THE
OTHER SOLUTIONS. FURTHER COMPLICATING MATTERS...THE 12Z GEM MOVED
THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER FURTHER WEST OVER NORTH CENTRAL UPPER
MICHIGAN. THE 12Z GFS HOWEVER...HAS TRENDED SLIGHTLY WESTWARD FROM
ITS 6Z SOLUTION. THIS PUTS THE LOW OVER WESTERN UPPER MI BY 6Z
FRIDAY.
OVERALL...FURTHER EAST SOLUTIONS DIMINISH MIXED PRECIPITATION
CONCERNS AND PULL THE HEAVIEST CORE OF SNOW FURTHER EAST...WHEREAS
PREVIOUS FCST HAD IT MAINLY OVER THE WEST. FOR THIS
FORECAST...DECIDED TO LEAN TOWARDS THE WESTERN SOLUTIONS AS THIS HAS
BEEN THE MORE PERSISTENT SOLUTION. STARTED TRENDING SLIGHTLY MORE
WESTWARD WITH THE FORECAST GRIDS AS A RESULT...NAMELY THE
GFS/GEM/ECMWF COMPROMISE. AS FAR AS TIMING GOES...THE GEM BRINGS
THINGS IN SLOWER. THE 00Z ECMWF/12Z GFS BRING THE LOW THROUGH
QUICKER BY ABOUT 6 HRS...WITH THE CENTER OVER NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MI
BY 6Z FRIDAY. THE GEM IS STILL OVER CENTRAL WI AT THIS TIME.
PREVIOUS RUNS OF THE GEM HAD TIMING MORE LIKE THAT OF THE RECENT
RUNS OF THE ECMWF/GFS...THOUGH THE GFS TENDS TO BE MORE PROGRESSIVE
WITH SYSTEMS. WILL GO MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FOR NOW TO COMPENSATE FOR
THIS.
THE GFS/GEM/ECMWF BLEND SHOWS A BROAD AREA OF ISENTROPIC ASCENT
OVERSPREADING THE AREA STARTING THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE
STRONGEST MOISTURE TRANSPORT FROM THE 18Z THUR-06Z FRI TIME FRAME
OVER LOWER MICHIGAN...NORTHERN WI...AND CENTRAL/EASTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN. 700/850MB FGEN BAND MOVES FROM ROUGHLY SOUTH TO NORTH
ACROSS THE AREA BEGINNING AROUND THIS TIME AND CONTINUING THROUGH AS
SYSTEM DEEPENS WITH NEGATIVELY TILTING UPPER TROUGH. THE SYSTEM
BEGINS TO OCCLUDE...AND THE TROWAL DEVELOPS AND POSITIONS ITSELF/AND
THE ASSOCIATED FGEN BAND OVER WESTERN UPPER MI.
AS FAR AS PTYPE GOES...THERE ARE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 12Z GFS/12Z
GEM/00Z ECMWF WITH REGARDS TO THE HEIGHT/TEMP OF THE WARMEST LAYER
ALOFT AND DEPTH OF THE SURFACE COLD LAYER FROM 00-03Z FRI...AND THE
SURFACE WARM LAYER AROUND 6-9Z FRI. BY 12Z FRIDAY THE MODELS ARE
CONSISTENT IN HAVING THE WHOLE SOUNDING BELOW ZERO.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE EASTERN HALF WILL SEE THE BEST SHOT FOR FREEZING
RAIN FROM 00-9Z...AND THE RAIN/SNOW LINE SEEMS TO SET UP FROM
EASTERN MARQUETTE COUNTY TO EASTERN DICKINSON COUNTY. ONCE WE GET
PAST 9Z...THE ENTIRE PROFILE IN THIS AREA DROPS BELOW ZERO.
GENERALLY...MIXED PRECIP TIME LOOKS TO BE QUICK ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE
STRONG DYNAMICS IN THE SYSTEM. MAX TS ALOFT REACH A MAX OF 2C WITH
THE WARM GFS...AND STAY BELOW ZERO WITH THE 00Z ECMWF. EAST OF THIS
LINE...WARM LAYER REACHES 3C AROUND 850 AND THE COLD SURFACE LAYER
IS FAIRLY SHALLOW AND EVEN SNEAKS ABOVE ZERO FROM 6-9Z ACCORDING TO
THE GEM...BRINGING A POT POURRI OF PRECIPITATION. THIS AREA IS STILL
ON TRACK FOR SEEING MORE ICE ACCUMULATION. ALL OTHER AREAS WILL BE
PRIMARILY SNOW.
WINDS ARE A CONSIDERABLE ISSUE WITH THIS SYSTEM AS WELL. STRONG
PRESSURE RISE FALL COUPLET SNEAKS IN WITH THE SYSTEM...BRINGING A
SIGNIFICANT ISALLOBARIC COMPONENT TO THE WIND. THIS IS ESPECIALLY
THE CASE ACROSS EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN EARLY THURSDAY EVENING UNTIL
AROUND 06Z...AND THEN IN THE WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL BY FRIDAY
MORNING/AFTERNOON. THIS WILL ONLY ADD TO THE REDUCED VISIBILITY WITH
EXTENSIVE BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW. GUSTS IN SOME OF THESE
AREAS...PARTICULARLY THE EXPOSED REGIONS IN THE WEST-NORTHWEST
FAVORED REGIONS...WILL LIKELY SEE GUSTS INTO THE 40S FRIDAY.
GIVEN THE RECENT MODEL RUNS...FELT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO GO WITH A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF MARQUETTE/DICKINSON
COUNTIES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGE FROM ABOUT 8 TO 12 INCHES IN
THESE COUNTIES. ALSO UPGRADED THE BLIZZARD WATCH TO A WARNING FOR
KEWEENAW/N.HOUGHTON COUNTIES GIVEN THE EXTENSIVE WINDS AND SNOW.
OTHERWISE...KEPT THE REST OF THE CWA UNDER A WINTER STORM WATCH TO
PIN DOWN THE DETAILS. IF THE SYSTEM DOES SNEAK EASTWARD...WE MAY
NEED TO ADD ADDITIONAL COUNTIES INTO THE WARNING. MOST OF THE
UNCERTAINTIES WILL IMPACT THE CENTRAL/EASTERN COUNTIES THE MOST...SO
A WATCH SEEMED BEST RIGHT NOW.
FOR THE EXTENDED...WITH THE LINGERING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IN THE
AREA...EXPECT COLDER TEMPERATURES TO RETURN. 850MB TEMPS WILL DROP
TOWARDS -25C TO -30C AS WE HEAD FURTHER INTO THE LATER TIME PERIODS.
SNOW WILL GRADUALLY CONFINE TO THE WEST WIND FAVORED REGIONS NEAR
LAKE SUPERIOR...AS ICE WILL LIKELY BE BROKEN ENOUGH TO INDUCE
INSTABILITY FOR LES.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1230 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014
EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL FOR THE MOST PART AT KIWD/KCMX/KSAW
THRU THE FCST PERIOD WITH JUST A MINOR CONCERN FOR MVFR VIS IN FOG
TONIGHT AT KCMX/KSAW. WITH THICKENING MID CLOUDS AHEAD OF
APPROACHING WINTER STORM...VIS SHOULDN'T DROP VERY LOW IF FOG DOES
IN FACT DEVELOP TONIGHT AS RADIATIONAL COOLING WILL BE MINIMIZED.
THE OUTLOOK FOR LATE THU INTO FRI IS FOR VERY POOR FLYING
CONDITIONS. DISRUPTIONS TO AIR TRAVEL ARE QUITE LIKELY DURING THIS
PERIOD AS A SIGNIFICANT WINTER SNOWSTORM AFFECTS THE REGION. AN
EXTENDED PERIOD OF CONDITIONS BLO AIRFIELD LANDING MINS IS POSSIBLE
AT KCMX BEGINNING AT SOME POINT THU NIGHT OR FRI MORNING.
&&
.MARINE...(FOR THE 4 PM LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST ISSUANCE)
ISSUED AT 518 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014
WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT UNDER 15KT. WINDS
WILL THEN BEGIN TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF A WINTER STORM
ORGANIZING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. E TO NE WINDS MAY REACH UPWARDS
OF 30KT OVER FAR WRN LAKE SUPERIOR BY MORNING. WINDS WILL STEADILY
INCREASE ACROSS THE LAKE THU AS THE ORGANIZING LOW PRES SYSTEM LIFTS
INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE LOW WILL THEN RAPIDLY DEEPEN...
BECOMING AN INTENSE LOW WITH PRES BOTTOMING OUT AROUND 28.7 INCHES
AS IT MOVES NNE ACROSS CNTRL UPPER MI AND CNTRL LAKE SUPERIOR LATE
THU NIGHT AND FRI MORNING. AHEAD OF THE LOW...EASTERLY GALES WILL
DEVELOP OVER CNTRL AND ERN LAKE SUPERIOR THU EVENING. WHILE E TO NE
GALES MAY ALSO DEVELOP OVER WRN LAKE SUPERIOR...W GALES ARE MORE
LIKELY IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW FRI/FRI NIGHT. GALES WILL CONTINUE
OVER CNTRL AND ERN LAKE SUPERIOR FRI THRU SAT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
STORM FORCE WINDS OVER ERN LAKE SUPERIOR FRI. ALTHOUGH GALES WILL
END BY SUN...WINDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE 20-30KT RANGE.
&&
.MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UPPER MICHIGAN...
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THURSDAY TO NOON
EST /11 AM CST/ FRIDAY FOR MIZ002-004-009-010-084.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING FOR MIZ006-007-012>014-085.
BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 7 PM THURSDAY TO 10 PM EST FRIDAY FOR
MIZ001-003.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING FOR MIZ005-011.
LAKE SUPERIOR...
GALE WARNING FROM 7 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY FOR LSZ244-
245-264>267.
GALE WARNING FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY TO 7 AM EST /6 AM
CST/ SATURDAY FOR LSZ162-241>243-263.
LAKE MICHIGAN...
GALE WARNING FROM 7 PM THURSDAY TO 5 PM EST FRIDAY FOR LMZ221-
248-250.
&&
SHORT TERM...ROLFSON
LONG TERM...MCD
AVIATION...ROLFSON
MARINE...ROLFSONHazardous weather outlook, Feb 19, 5:29 PM EST, 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 529 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-201800- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 529 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014 /429 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO LIFT ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ALONG WITH SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN COULD OCCUR. STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA STARTING THURSDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-201800- 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- 529 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014 /429 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF LAKE SUPERIOR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SEE THE LATEST MARINE MESSAGE FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LMZ221-248-250-201800- 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- 529 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY GALES FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SEE THE LATEST MARINE MESSAGE FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. MCD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 4:01 AM EST | Gale Watch | MQT | 14 hr | |
| Feb 19, 5:47 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MQT | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 6 more | 46 hr |
| Feb 19, 6:02 PM EST | Gale Warning | MQT | 4 days |
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Sources
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