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Winter Weather Advisory 21, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 12, 2016, 4:11 PM EST for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Dec 12, 2016, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 62 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 12, 2016, 4:11 PM EST (21:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 12, 2016, 10:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2016, 12:19 PM EST
- In force
- 62 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
Counties Alger County, MI, Baraga County, MI, Houghton County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI, Schoolcraft County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 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 weather advisory 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 weather advisory went out at Dec 12, 3:51 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 3:51 PM EST, 20 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 12, 10:17 AM EST, 5 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1017 AM EST MON DEC 12 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM SNOW 3 NNE IRON MOUNTAIN 45.88N 88.04W
12/12/2016 M8.1 INCH DICKINSON MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION IRON MOUTAIN 5N
/IMNM4/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS
24 HOURS.
0900 AM SNOW AMASA 46.23N 88.45W
12/12/2016 M7.0 INCH IRON MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION AMASA 1W /AMAM4/. THE
DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0900 AM SNOW 4 NW MENOMINEE 45.16N 87.69W
12/12/2016 M6.1 INCH MENOMINEE MI COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION 4 WNW MENOMINEE /MI-MM-8/.
THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0700 AM SNOW 1 S MANISTIQUE 45.95N 86.25W
12/12/2016 M6.0 INCH SCHOOLCRAFT MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION MANISTIQUE WWTP
/MTQM4/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS
24 HOURS.
0800 AM SNOW 1 S CASPIAN 46.06N 88.63W
12/12/2016 M5.8 INCH IRON MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION 2 SSE STAMBAUGH
/STMM4/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS
24 HOURS.
0700 AM SNOW 1 SW GLADSTONE 45.84N 87.04W
12/12/2016 M5.1 INCH DELTA MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION GLADSTONE /GLDM4/.
THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0700 AM SNOW 4 SSW BRAMPTON 45.88N 87.09W
12/12/2016 M4.5 INCH DELTA MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION GLADSTONE 2NW
/HRKM4/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS
24 HOURS.
0800 AM SNOW 2 WNW IRONWOOD 46.47N 90.18W
12/12/2016 M4.5 INCH GOGEBIC MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION IRONWOOD WWTP
/IRMM4/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS
24 HOURS.
0800 AM SNOW 1 SSE PAINESDALE 47.03N 88.67W
12/12/2016 M4.5 INCH HOUGHTON MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION PAINESDALE /PDLM4/.
THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0800 AM SNOW 1 NNE ARNOLD 46.07N 87.48W
12/12/2016 M4.0 INCH MARQUETTE MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION 2 N ARNOLD /AROM4/.
THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0800 AM SNOW 1 SSW ALLOUEZ 47.28N 88.42W
12/12/2016 M4.0 INCH HOUGHTON MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION KEARSARGE /KSGM4/.
THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0930 AM SNOW 2 SW BAGLEY 45.53N 87.62W
12/12/2016 M4.0 INCH MENOMINEE MI COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION 2 WSW BAGLEY /MI-MM-5/. THE
DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0815 AM SNOW PAULDING 46.40N 89.18W
12/12/2016 M3.6 INCH ONTONAGON MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION PAULDING /PDGM4/. THE
DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0730 AM SNOW 2 NE COOKS 45.94N 86.44W
12/12/2016 M3.4 INCH SCHOOLCRAFT MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION COOKS 2NE /CKSM4/.
THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0800 AM SNOW 1 NW GARDEN CORNERS 45.90N 86.55W
12/12/2016 M3.3 INCH DELTA MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION GARDEN CORNERS
/GDCM4/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS
24 HOURS.
0800 AM SNOW 1 NW GARDEN CORNERS 45.90N 86.55W
12/12/2016 M3.3 INCH DELTA MI COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION GARDEN CORNERS /MI-DL-1/.
THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0700 AM SNOW 4 NE NEGAUNEE 46.53N 87.55W
12/12/2016 M2.9 INCH MARQUETTE MI MESONET
MESONET STATION NWS MARQUETTE /MQT/. THE
DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0600 AM SNOW 6 NNW ISHPEMING 46.57N 87.69W
12/12/2016 M2.5 INCH MARQUETTE MI COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION 5 NNW ISHPEMING /MI-MQ-17/.
THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0700 AM SNOW 2 SSE HARVEY 46.47N 87.34W
12/12/2016 M2.5 INCH MARQUETTE MI COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION MARQUETTE 6.5 SSE
/MI-MQ-2/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT
WAS 24 HOURS.
0700 AM SNOW 5 ESE CHASSELL 47.01N 88.43W
12/12/2016 M2.4 INCH HOUGHTON MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION JACOBSVILLE /JCBM4/.
THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0800 AM SNOW 1 ESE THREE LAKES 46.55N 88.18W
12/12/2016 M2.4 INCH BARAGA MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION MICHIGAMME 3WNW
/MIEM4/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS
24 HOURS.
0700 AM SNOW 6 E CHAMPION 46.50N 87.84W
12/12/2016 M2.0 INCH MARQUETTE MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION CLARKSBURG /CLKM4/.
THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0800 AM SNOW 2 SE HERMAN 46.65N 88.33W
12/12/2016 M2.0 INCH BARAGA MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION HERMAN /HERM4/. THE
DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
&&
NWS MARQUETTE MI
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Dec 12, 11:23 AM EST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1123 AM EST MON DEC 12 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 AM HEAVY SNOW 5 N IRON MOUNTAIN 45.90N 88.06W
12/12/2016 M8.0 INCH DICKINSON MI PUBLIC
. THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW EVENT WAS
24 HOURS.
&&
PETROLocal storm report, Dec 12, 11:25 AM EST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1125 AM EST MON DEC 12 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 AM HEAVY SNOW 3 NNW PAINESDALE 47.07N 88.70W
12/12/2016 E8.0 INCH HOUGHTON MI PUBLIC
. THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW EVENT WAS 7
HOURS.
&&
PETROLocal storm report, Dec 12, 11:29 AM EST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1129 AM EST MON DEC 12 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM SNOW 3 NNE IRON MOUNTAIN 45.88N 88.04W
12/12/2016 M8.1 INCH DICKINSON MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION IRON MOUTAIN 5N
/IMNM4/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS
24 HOURS.
0900 AM SNOW AMASA 46.23N 88.45W
12/12/2016 M7.0 INCH IRON MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION AMASA 1W /AMAM4/. THE
DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0900 AM SNOW 4 NW MENOMINEE 45.16N 87.69W
12/12/2016 M6.1 INCH MENOMINEE MI COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION 4 WNW MENOMINEE /MI-MM-8/.
THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0700 AM SNOW 1 S MANISTIQUE 45.95N 86.25W
12/12/2016 M6.0 INCH SCHOOLCRAFT MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION MANISTIQUE WWTP
/MTQM4/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS
24 HOURS.
0800 AM SNOW 1 S CASPIAN 46.06N 88.63W
12/12/2016 M5.8 INCH IRON MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION 2 SSE STAMBAUGH
/STMM4/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS
24 HOURS.
0700 AM SNOW 1 SW GLADSTONE 45.84N 87.04W
12/12/2016 M5.1 INCH DELTA MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION GLADSTONE /GLDM4/.
THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0800 AM SNOW BARK RIVER 45.71N 87.31W
12/12/2016 M4.7 INCH DELTA MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION BARK RIVER /BRKM4/.
THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0700 AM SNOW 4 SSW BRAMPTON 45.88N 87.09W
12/12/2016 M4.5 INCH DELTA MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION GLADSTONE 2NW
/HRKM4/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS
24 HOURS.
0800 AM SNOW 2 WNW IRONWOOD 46.47N 90.18W
12/12/2016 M4.5 INCH GOGEBIC MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION IRONWOOD WWTP
/IRMM4/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS
24 HOURS.
0800 AM SNOW 1 SSE PAINESDALE 47.03N 88.67W
12/12/2016 M4.5 INCH HOUGHTON MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION PAINESDALE /PDLM4/.
THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0800 AM SNOW 5 NNE STONINGTON 45.79N 86.94W
12/12/2016 M4.5 INCH DELTA MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION 9 S RAPID RIVER
/RRVM4/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS
24 HOURS.
0800 AM SNOW 1 NNE ARNOLD 46.07N 87.48W
12/12/2016 M4.0 INCH MARQUETTE MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION 2 N ARNOLD /AROM4/.
THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0800 AM SNOW 1 SSW ALLOUEZ 47.28N 88.42W
12/12/2016 M4.0 INCH HOUGHTON MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION KEARSARGE /KSGM4/.
THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0930 AM SNOW 2 SW BAGLEY 45.53N 87.62W
12/12/2016 M4.0 INCH MENOMINEE MI COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION 2 WSW BAGLEY /MI-MM-5/. THE
DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0700 AM SNOW 9 SSE BIG BAY 46.71N 87.64W
12/12/2016 M3.8 INCH MARQUETTE MI COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION MARQUETTE 16.0 NW
/MI-MQ-15/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT
WAS 24 HOURS.
0815 AM SNOW PAULDING 46.40N 89.18W
12/12/2016 M3.6 INCH ONTONAGON MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION PAULDING /PDGM4/. THE
DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0700 AM SNOW 2 SSW ESCANABA 45.72N 87.10W
12/12/2016 M3.5 INCH DELTA MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION ESCANABA /ESAM4/. THE
DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0730 AM SNOW 2 NE COOKS 45.94N 86.44W
12/12/2016 M3.4 INCH SCHOOLCRAFT MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION COOKS 2NE /CKSM4/.
THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0800 AM SNOW 1 NW GARDEN CORNERS 45.90N 86.55W
12/12/2016 M3.3 INCH DELTA MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION GARDEN CORNERS
/GDCM4/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS
24 HOURS.
0800 AM SNOW 1 NW GARDEN CORNERS 45.90N 86.55W
12/12/2016 M3.3 INCH DELTA MI COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION GARDEN CORNERS /MI-DL-1/.
THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0600 AM SNOW 6 NNW ISHPEMING 46.57N 87.69W
12/12/2016 M2.5 INCH MARQUETTE MI COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION 5 NNW ISHPEMING /MI-MQ-17/.
THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0700 AM SNOW 2 SSE HARVEY 46.47N 87.34W
12/12/2016 M2.5 INCH MARQUETTE MI COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION MARQUETTE 6.5 SSE
/MI-MQ-2/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT
WAS 24 HOURS.
0700 AM SNOW 5 ESE CHASSELL 47.01N 88.43W
12/12/2016 M2.4 INCH HOUGHTON MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION JACOBSVILLE /JCBM4/.
THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0800 AM SNOW 1 ESE THREE LAKES 46.55N 88.18W
12/12/2016 M2.4 INCH BARAGA MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION MICHIGAMME 3WNW
/MIEM4/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS
24 HOURS.
0800 AM SNOW 2 ESE HOUGHTON 47.11N 88.53W
12/12/2016 M2.2 INCH HOUGHTON MI COCORAHS
COCORAHS STATION 1 E HOUGHTON /MI-HG-1/. THE
DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0700 AM SNOW 6 E CHAMPION 46.50N 87.84W
12/12/2016 M2.0 INCH MARQUETTE MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION CLARKSBURG /CLKM4/.
THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0800 AM SNOW 2 SE HERMAN 46.65N 88.33W
12/12/2016 M2.0 INCH BARAGA MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION HERMAN /HERM4/. THE
DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.
0800 AM SNOW 1 NW ISHPEMING 46.50N 87.68W
12/12/2016 M2.0 INCH MARQUETTE MI CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER STATION ISHPEMING WWTP
/ISPM4/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS
24 HOURS.
&&
NWS MARQUETTE MI
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Dec 12, 11:30 AM EST, 4 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1130 AM EST MON DEC 12 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 SSE NORWAY 45.78N 87.90W
12/12/2016 M6.5 INCH DICKINSON MI CO-OP OBSERVER
. THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW EVENT WAS
24 HOURS.
&&
PETROSpecial weather statement, Dec 12, 3:31 PM EST, 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 4:34 AM EST | Gale Warning | MQT | 3 days | |
| Dec 12, 4:34 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MQT | 50 hr | |
| Dec 12, 4:34 AM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | MQT | 3 days | |
| Dec 12, 11:18 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MQT | 38 hr | |
| Dec 12, 12:00 PM EST | Blizzard Warning | MQT | Houghton, Keweenaw | 67 hr |
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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.