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Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this winter storm warning at Feb 10, 2016, 11:11 PM EST for Grand Traverse County, Michigan. It was in force for 4 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
- Feb 10, 2016, 11:11 PM EST (04:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2016, 3:33 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
County Grand Traverse County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:12 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 1614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
877 WWUS43 KAPX 110411 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1111 PM EST WED FEB 10 2016 MIZ026-111215- /O.UPG.KAPX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160211T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.WS.W.0008.160211T0411Z-160211T1500Z/ GRAND TRAVERSE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TRAVERSE CITY 1111 PM EST WED FEB 10 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH 7 AM. * SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST BY MID MORNING THURSDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * PLAN ON VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE IN SOME SPOTS WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ019>021-025-027-031>033-111215- /O.CON.KAPX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160211T1500Z/ CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-KALKASKA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD- MISSAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...MANCELONA... FRANKFORT...KALKASKA...MANISTEE...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY 1111 PM EST WED FEB 10 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN SOME AREAS OVERNIGHT. * SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST BY MID MORNING THURSDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT OF 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * PLAN ON HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...GO TO THE MDOT WEBSITE AT MICHIGAN.GOV. && $$ AJS
1 follow-up statement
088 WWUS43 KAPX 110833 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 333 AM EST THU FEB 11 2016 MIZ026-111500- /O.CAN.KAPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160211T1500Z/ /O.EXA.KAPX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160211T1500Z/ GRAND TRAVERSE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TRAVERSE CITY 333 AM EST THU FEB 11 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE. A PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH DAYBREAK. SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY BY LATE THIS MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES...POOR AT TIMES. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FLUFFY SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF FLUFFY SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...GO TO THE MDOT WEBSITE AT MICHIGAN.GOV. $$ MIZ019>021-025-027-031>033-111500- /O.CON.KAPX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160211T1500Z/ CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-KALKASKA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD- MISSAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...MANCELONA... FRANKFORT...KALKASKA...MANISTEE...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY 333 AM EST THU FEB 11 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE. SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY BY LATE THIS MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES...POOR AT TIMES. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FLUFFY SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF FLUFFY SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...GO TO THE MDOT WEBSITE AT MICHIGAN.GOV. $$ SMD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 3:46 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | APX | Antrim, Benzie, Crawford, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau and 4 more | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.