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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this winter storm warning at Jan 3, 2014, 7:36 PM EST for Alger County, Luce County, Schoolcraft County, Michigan. It was in force for 16 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 3, 2014, 7:36 PM EST (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2014, 11:06 AM EST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
Counties Alger County, MI, Luce County, MI, Schoolcraft County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 449 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
- 1237 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 423 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 3, 6:58 PM EST, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 6:58 PM EST, 38 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 4:31 PM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 431 PM EST FRI JAN 3 2014 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-041200- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 431 PM EST FRI JAN 3 2014 /331 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MUNISING TO THE GARDEN PENINSULA. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITY. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EXPECT THE COLDEST ARCTIC AIR MASS IN YEARS TO MOVE INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW ZERO OVER WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN SATURDAY NIGHT AND REMAIN BELOW ZERO THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. DURING THIS TIME...WIND CHILLS MAY FALL AS LOW AS 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO OVER THE INTERIOR WEST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN WHEN THE CORE OF THE COLDEST AIR MOVES OVERHEAD ON MONDAY. THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN OFF AND ON WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. SEE THE LATEST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR COMPLETE DETAILS ON THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS REDUCING VISIBILITIES OVER UPPER MICHIGAN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE. THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SUBMIT REPORTS AT OUR WEBPAGE...FACEBOOK PAGE...OR ON TWITTER. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-041200- 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- 431 PM EST FRI JAN 3 2014 /331 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST GALES TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS TO IMPACT MUCH OF LAKE SUPERIOR. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS ALSO ANTICIPATED. SEE THE LATEST LAKE SUPERIOR MARINE FORECAST AND MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EXPECT GALES TO 35 KNOTS OUT OF A GENERALLY WESTERLY DIRECTION OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN OUT OF THE NORTHWEST MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF LAKE SUPERIOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SEE THE LATEST LAKE SUPERIOR MARINE FORECAST AND MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LMZ221-248-250-041200- 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- 431 PM EST FRI JAN 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST GALES TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS. SEE THE LATEST NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST AND MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. KF
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 3, 4:40 PM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 440 PM EST FRI JAN 3 2014 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-040845- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON... HANCOCK...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING... NEWBERRY...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN...MENOMINEE... ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE...KENTON...SIDNAW...SENEY 440 PM EST FRI JAN 3 2014 /340 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014/ ...EXTREMELY COLD CONDITIONS EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THE COLDEST AIR MASS SINCE PERHAPS THE INTENSE COLD WAVE OF EARLY FEBRUARY 1996 WILL SETTLE OVER UPPER MICHIGAN EARLY NEXT WEEK. ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN TO ARRIVE SATURDAY...THE COLD WILL INTENSIFY SUNDAY...AND THE COLDEST AIR WILL BE OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES OVER THE INTERIOR WEST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN WILL FALL BELOW ZERO SATURDAY NIGHT AND REMAIN BELOW ZERO THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE COLDEST DAY WILL BE MONDAY...WHEN HIGH TEMPERATURES OVER THE INTERIOR WEST WILL NOT RISE ABOVE 10 BELOW ZERO AFTER MORNING LOWS PLUNGE TO AS LOW AS AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO. THE COMBINATION OF INTENSE COLD AND A STEADY WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DRIVE WIND CHILLS DOWN TO DANGEROUSLY LOW VALUES AS LOW AS 35 TO 50 BELOW ZERO OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR WEST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN...AND DOWN TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO ELSEWHERE. ALTHOUGH AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR FAVORED FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW IN THIS FRIGID WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW WILL SEE ALMOST CONTINUOUS LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS DURING THIS TIME...THE VERY COLD AIR MASS WILL LIMIT SNOW FLAKE SIZE AND ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER...THE COMBINATION OF THE FALLING SNOW AND THE BLOWING OF THE FINE SNOWFLAKES WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY LOW VISIBILITY AND NEAR CONSTANT WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS LATER SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS. YOU SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR THE INTENSE COLD EARLY NEXT WEEK. FOR AREAS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY LAKE EFFECT SNOW...ESPECIALLY FROM ONTONAGON COUNTY NORTH THROUGH THE KEWEENAW AND FROM ALGER COUNTY EASTWARD ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR...BE ADVISED THAT CONDITIONS LATE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR TRAVEL DUE TO EXPECTED FREQUENT WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU SHOULD BECOME STRANDED...THE EXTREME COLD WILL LEAD TO LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS. DO NOT FORGET TO PACK A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IF YOU NEED TO BE OUT IN THESE CONDITIONS. ROLFSON
Local storm report, Jan 3, 6:37 PM EST, 59 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 5:27 AM EST | Wind Chill Watch | MQT | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 7 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 4, 5:27 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | MQT | Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron and 3 more | 38 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:07 PM EST | Wind Chill Warning | MQT | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 7 more | 70 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:07 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | MQT | Alger, Luce, Schoolcraft | 13 hr |
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Winter Storm Warnings in Michigan, 2014Every winter storm 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.