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Lake Effect Snow Warning 2, NWS Marquette, MI

January 22, 20147 counties in Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this lake effect snow warning at Jan 22, 2014, 5:08 AM EST for 7 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jan 22, 2014, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 25 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 22, 2014, 5:08 AM EST (10:08 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 22, 2014, 12:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 23, 2014, 12:45 PM EST
In force
25 hr
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI

Counties Alger County, MI, Baraga County, MI, Gogebic County, MI, Houghton County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI, Marquette County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 255 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2014-01-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2014-01-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1245 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lake effect snow 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 lake effect snow warning went out at Jan 22, 4:24 AM EST, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 4:24 AM EST, 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 21, 4:27 PM EST, 12 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
427 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014

MIZ001>006-009-084-221200-
KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-
GOGEBIC-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-
427 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 /327 PM CST TUE JAN 21 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL UPPER
MICHIGAN. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MARQUETTE COUNTY LATE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL
ALSO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA WITH OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL. SEE
THE LATEST FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR COMPLETE
DETAILS.

WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES MAINLY OVER THE
WESTERN INTERIOR OF UPPER MICHIGAN FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING...SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...AND MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.

MIZ007-010>014-085-221200-
LUCE-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
427 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 /327 PM CST TUE JAN 21 2014/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL UPPER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES MAINLY OVER THE
WESTERN INTERIOR OF UPPER MICHIGAN FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING...SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...AND MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.

LSZ162-240>251-263>267-221200-
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-
427 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 /327 PM CST TUE JAN 21 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF LAKE SUPERIOR WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

NORTH TO NORTHEAST GALES TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED OVER MAINLY CENTRAL
AND EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...WITH WEST TO SOUTHWEST GALES OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS POSSIBLE THURSDAY
NIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE
SUPERIOR. NORTHWEST GALES OF 35 TO NEAR 45 KNOTS WILL THEN BE
POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING. SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE AND LAKE
SUPERIOR FORECASTS FOR COMPLETE DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.

LMZ221-248-250-221200-
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-
427 PM EST TUE JAN 21 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SOUTHWEST GALES OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TOWARD THE OPEN
WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.

KF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 10:12 PM ESTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningMQT10 days
Jan 22, 5:08 AM ESTLake Effect Snow AdvisoryMQTAlger, Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Marquette, Ontonagon21 hr
Jan 22, 3:42 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryMQTDickinson, Iron18 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Warnings in Michigan, 2014Every lake effect snow warning 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.