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Gale Watch 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

March 21, 2019

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this gale watch at Mar 21, 2019, 4:16 AM EDT. It took effect at Mar 22, 2019, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 21, 2019, 4:16 AM EDT (08:16 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 22, 2019, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 21, 2019, 4:02 PM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale watch went out at Mar 21, 3:50 AM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 3:50 AM EDT, 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 3:53 AM EDT, 23 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
353 AM EDT Thu Mar 21 2019

LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041-
042-220800-
Straits of Mackinac within 5 nm of Mackinac Bridge including
Mackinac Island-St Ignace to False Detour Channel-
5NM East of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Light MI including
Bois Blanc Island-
Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Pt MI Including Thunder Bay
National Marine Sanctuary-Sturgeon Pt to Alabaster MI-
Grand Traverse Bay south of a line Grand Traverse Light to
Norwood MI-Seul Choix Point to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge-
Norwood MI to 5NM West of Mackinac Bridge including Little
Traverse Bay-Sleeping Bear Point to Grand Traverse Light MI-
Point Betsie to Sleeping Bear Point MI-
Manistee to Point Betsie MI-
Whitefish Bay (U.S. Portion)/Whitefish Point to Point Iroquois MI-
St. Marys River Point Iroquois to E. Potagannissing Bay-Chippewa-
Mackinac-Emmet-Cheboygan-Presque Isle-Charlevoix-Leelanau-Antrim-
Otsego-Montmorency-Alpena-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Kalkaska-Crawford-
Oscoda-Alcona-Manistee-Wexford-Missaukee-Roscommon-Ogemaw-Iosco-
Gladwin-Arenac-
353 AM EDT Thu Mar 21 2019

This hazardous weather outlook is for northern Lower Michigan...
eastern Upper Michigan...and adjacent nearshore waters of Lake
Michigan...Lake Huron and Lake Superior.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Patchy dense fog will be found across the outlook this morning.

There is also the potential for patchy freezing drizzle through
the evening hours.

Gale force winds are possible along the nearshore waters of both
Lake Michigan and Lake Huron tonight through Friday night.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

The Rifle River near Sterling in Arenac County may rise to slightly
above flood stage today and Friday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated.

&&

For more information visit http://weather.gov/gaylord.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 4:16 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX48 hr
Mar 21, 4:02 PM EDTGale WarningAPX28 hr

Nearby

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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.