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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Marquette, MI

January 9, 2017Delta County, Menominee County, Schoolcraft County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this winter storm warning at Jan 9, 2017, 3:30 PM EST for Delta County, Menominee County, Schoolcraft County, Michigan. It took effect at Jan 9, 2017, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 22 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 9, 2017, 3:30 PM EST (20:30 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 9, 2017, 9:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 10, 2017, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Marquette, MI

Counties Delta County, MI, Menominee County, MI, Schoolcraft County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 239 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 9, 1:02 PM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 1:02 PM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 9, 5:04 AM EST, 10 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
504 AM EST MON JAN 9 2017

MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-101015-
KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-
GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
504 AM EST MON JAN 9 2017 /404 AM CST MON JAN 9 2017/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN. PLEASE SEE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN. ELSEWHERE...SNOW SHOULD
REMAIN LIGHT TO MODERATE. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO
EAST TUESDAY NIGHT. PLEASE SEE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS.

LAKE EFFECT SNOW IN THE WEST-NORTHWEST WIND FAVORED SNOW BELTS WILL
DEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.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>267-101015-
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-
504 AM EST MON JAN 9 2017 /404 AM CST MON JAN 9 2017/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

WEST GALES TO 40 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF LAKE
SUPERIOR.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF LAKE SUPERIOR TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

LMZ221-248-250-101015-
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-
504 AM EST MON JAN 9 2017

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

RITZMAN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 9, 11:34 AM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1134 AM EST MON JAN 9 2017

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

0800 AM     SNOW             1 SSE PAINESDALE        47.03N 88.67W
01/09/2017  M5.2 INCH        HOUGHTON           MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            CO-OP OBSERVER STATION PAINESDALE /PDLM4/.
            THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.

0900 AM     SNOW             2 ESE HOUGHTON          47.11N 88.53W
01/09/2017  M4.5 INCH        HOUGHTON           MI   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION 1 E HOUGHTON /MI-HG-1/. THE
            DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.

0800 AM     SNOW             8 N MASS CITY           46.87N 89.10W
01/09/2017  M4.0 INCH        ONTONAGON          MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            CO-OP OBSERVER STATION 6 N GREENLAND
            /GNLM4/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS
            24 HOURS.

0800 AM     SNOW             1 SSW ALLOUEZ           47.28N 88.42W
01/09/2017  M3.5 INCH        HOUGHTON           MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            CO-OP OBSERVER STATION KEARSARGE /KSGM4/.
            THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS.

0600 AM     SNOW             11 S GRAND MARAIS       46.51N 85.96W
01/09/2017  M2.5 INCH        ALGER              MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            CO-OP OBSERVER STATION GRAND MARAIS 10S
            /GMSM4/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS
            24 HOURS.

0800 AM     SNOW             2 SE HERMAN             46.65N 88.33W
01/09/2017  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             2 WNW IRONWOOD          46.47N 90.18W
01/09/2017  M2.0 INCH        GOGEBIC            MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            CO-OP OBSERVER STATION IRONWOOD WWTP
            /IRMM4/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS
            24 HOURS.

0700 AM     SNOW             1 S MANISTIQUE          45.95N 86.25W
01/09/2017  M2.0 INCH        SCHOOLCRAFT        MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            CO-OP OBSERVER STATION MANISTIQUE WWTP
            /MTQM4/. THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS
            24 HOURS.

&&

NWS MARQUETTE MI
IRIS SYSTEM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 9, 4:07 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	MQT	Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 7 more	45 hr
Jan 9, 4:17 PM EST	Gale Warning	MQT		42 hr
Jan 9, 4:17 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		27 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.