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Special Weather Statement, NWS Gaylord, MI

February 29, 201620 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this special weather statement at Feb 29, 2016, 1:32 PM EST for 20 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 29, 2016, 1:32 PM EST (18:32 UTC)
Expired: Feb 29, 2016, 2:00 PM EST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Alpena County, MI, Antrim County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Charlevoix County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Chippewa County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Mackinac County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Wexford County, MI

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Feb 29, 12:40 PM EST, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 29, 12:40 PM EST, 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 29, 10:44 AM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 29, 8:23 AM EST, 5 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 29, 8:23 AM EST, 5 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 29, 10:52 AM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 29, 12:39 PM EST, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1239 PM EST MON FEB 29 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1237 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 1 W OSSINEKE            44.91N 83.45W
02/29/2016  M56 MPH          ALPENA             MI   SPOTTER

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JKEYSOR

Special weather statement, Feb 29, 1:32 PM EST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
132 PM EST MON FEB 29 2016

MIZ008-015>036-041-042-291900-
MANISTEE-CRAWFORD-GLADWIN-MONTMORENCY-MISSAUKEE-CHARLEVOIX-MACKINAC-
ANTRIM-EMMET-OGEMAW-ALCONA-OSCODA-WEXFORD-IOSCO-ROSCOMMON-ARENAC-
OTSEGO-KALKASKA-ALPENA-CHIPPEWA-PRESQUE ISLE-BENZIE-GRAND
TRAVERSE-LEELANAU-CHEBOYGAN-
132 PM EST MON FEB 29 2016

...BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...

WIND GUST TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AROUND SNOW THAT FELL THIS
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE BLOWING SNOW AND SCATTERED SNOW
SHOWERS WILL CREATE HAZARD DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

CONDITIONS WILL BE THE WORST ACROSS EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN WHERE THE
MOST SNOW FELL THIS MORNING.

THE GUSTY WINDS WILL SLOWLY BACK OFF AFTER 5PM ACROSS THE ENTIRE
REGION.

IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY...SLOW DOWN AND LEAVE
PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOUR CAR AND THE ONE IN FRONT OF YOU. TURN
YOUR LIGHTS ON. BE AWARE THAT CONDITIONS CAN CHANGE RAPIDLY.

LAT...LON 4416 8461 4418 8639 4544 8588 4527 8571
      4475 8555 4539 8491 4570 8584 4579 8473
      4597 8587 4625 8524 4676 8523 4600 8344
      4549 8392 4504 8320 4508 8338 4403 8344
      4381 8460
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 240DEG 49KT 4673 8126

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 29, 3:54 AM EST	Storm Warning	APX		13 hr
Feb 29, 3:54 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	APX	Alpena, Antrim, Benzie, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet and 6 more	13 hr
Feb 29, 8:23 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	APX	Alpena, Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa and 14 more	22 min
Feb 29, 10:52 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	APX	Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa and 14 more	23 min
Feb 29, 5:10 PM EST	Gale Warning	APX		5 hr
Feb 29, 5:10 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	APX		5 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.