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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Detroit, MI

February 8, 20184 counties in Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this winter storm warning at Feb 8, 2018, 3:04 PM EST for 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Feb 9, 2018, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 20 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 8, 2018, 3:04 PM EST (20:04 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 9, 2018, 3:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 9, 2018, 10:32 PM EST
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI

Counties Lenawee County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Detroit, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 8, 1:20 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 1:20 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 8, 3:04 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryDTXGenesee, Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, Saint Clair and 2 more31 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Michigan, 2018Every winter storm warning in 2018

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.