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Gale Warning 81, NWS Marquette, MI

December 22, 2015

NWS Marquette, MI issued this gale warning at Dec 22, 2015, 10:18 PM EST. It took effect at Dec 24, 2015, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 17 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
Dec 22, 2015, 10:18 PM EST (03:18 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 24, 2015, 3:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 24, 2015, 8:00 PM EST
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Dec 22, 6:56 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 6:56 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 3:45 PM EST, 6 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
345 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2015

MIZ001>004-009-010-084-231200-
KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-GOGEBIC-IRON-
SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-
345 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2015 /245 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2015/

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

RAIN ON WEDNESDAY WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO
WEDNESDAY EVENING OVER FAR WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. A COUPLE INCHES
OF WET SNOW COULD RESULT IN SLOPPY TRAVEL CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH COULD LEAD
TO REDUCED VISIBILITY ON THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MIZ005>007-011>014-085-231200-
MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-
SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
345 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2015 /245 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2015/

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

LSZ162-240>251-263>267-231200-
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-
345 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2015 /245 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2015/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE
SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A FEW SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST GALE FORCE GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT OVER NORTH CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

WEST GALES 35 KNOTS TO 40 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF LAKE
SUPERIOR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

LMZ221-248-250-231200-
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-
345 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2015

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

WEST GALES OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY. SEE THE LATEST NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST AND MARINE WEATHER
MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.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
Dec 23, 4:27 AM ESTStorm WarningMQT34 hr
Dec 23, 4:50 AM ESTWind AdvisoryMQTAlger, Delta, Houghton, Keweenaw, Luce, Menominee and 1 more35 hr
Dec 23, 3:49 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryMQTGogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw, Ontonagon17 hr

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Sources

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