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Winter Storm Warning 12, NWS Marquette, MI

December 26, 2018Houghton County, Keweenaw County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this winter storm warning at Dec 26, 2018, 3:14 PM EST for Houghton County, Keweenaw County, Michigan. It took effect at Dec 27, 2018, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 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: Dec 26, 2018, 3:14 PM EST (20:14 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 27, 2018, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 27, 2018, 1:01 PM EST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Marquette, MI

Counties Houghton County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI

The radar

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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 Dec 26, 1:42 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 1:42 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 6:20 AM EST, 8 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 26, 3:12 PM EST, 2 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 26, 4:22 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		69 hr
Dec 26, 4:42 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	MQT	Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 6 more	56 hr
Dec 26, 10:10 AM EST	Gale Warning	MQT		36 hr
Dec 26, 3:28 PM EST	Gale Watch	MQT		13 hr
Dec 26, 3:39 PM EST	Gale Warning	MQT		54 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Michigan, 2018 Every 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.