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Blizzard Watch 2, NWS Marquette, MI

February 18, 2014Houghton County, Keweenaw County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this blizzard watch at Feb 18, 2014, 4:15 PM EST for Houghton County, Keweenaw County, Michigan. It took effect at Feb 20, 2014, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 18, 2014, 4:15 PM EST (21:15 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 20, 2014, 6:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 19, 2014, 5:47 PM EST
In force
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 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this blizzard watch 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 watch went out at Feb 17, 6:30 PM EST, 21 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 6:30 PM EST, 21 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 5:22 PM EST, 22 hours 53 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 18, 4:15 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	MQT	Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 6 more	36 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Watches in Michigan, 2014 Every blizzard watch in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.