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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Marquette, MI

January 3, 2014Alger County, Luce County, Schoolcraft County, Michigan

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2014-01-04Temperature 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2014-01-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 261 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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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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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 4, 5:27 AM ESTWind Chill WatchMQTAlger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 7 more11 hr
Jan 4, 5:27 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryMQTBaraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron and 3 more38 hr
Jan 4, 4:07 PM ESTWind Chill WarningMQTAlger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 7 more70 hr
Jan 4, 4:07 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryMQTAlger, Luce, Schoolcraft13 hr

Nearby

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.