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Gale Warning 2, NWS Marquette, MI

January 6, 2020

NWS Marquette, MI issued this gale warning at Jan 6, 2020, 4:26 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 6, 2020, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for 34 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 6, 2020, 4:26 PM EST (21:26 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 6, 2020, 11:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 8, 2020, 9:00 AM EST
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Marquette, MI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Jan 6, 3:43 PM EST, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 3:43 PM EST, 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 6, 4:06 PM EST, 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 6, 12:06 PM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1206 PM EST MON JAN 6 2020

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

0800 AM     SNOW             2 SE HERMAN             46.65N 88.33W
01/06/2020  M3.0 INCH        BARAGA             MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            CO-OP OBSERVER STATION HERM4 2.0 SE HERMAN.

0800 AM     SNOW             2 ESE HOUGHTON          47.11N 88.53W
01/06/2020  M2.5 INCH        HOUGHTON           MI   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION MI-HG-1 HOUGHTON 1.6 ESE.

0830 AM     SNOW             2 SSE HARVEY            46.46N 87.34W
01/06/2020  M2.3 INCH        MARQUETTE          MI   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION MI-MQ-2 MARQUETTE 6.5 SSE.

0800 AM     SNOW             THREE LAKES             46.56N 88.21W
01/06/2020  M2.3 INCH        BARAGA             MI   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION MI-BG-3 LANSE 17.8 SE.

0630 AM     SNOW             5 SW NATIONAL MINE      46.41N 87.76W
01/06/2020  M2.3 INCH        MARQUETTE          MI   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION MI-MQ-19 ISHPEMING 7.2 SW.

0800 AM     SNOW             PAINESDALE              47.04N 88.67W
01/06/2020  M2.2 INCH        HOUGHTON           MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            CO-OP OBSERVER STATION PDLM4 PAINESDALE.

0800 AM     SNOW             2 WSW WATTON            46.53N 88.64W
01/06/2020  M2.1 INCH        BARAGA             MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            CO-OP OBSERVER STATION WTNM4 WATTON 2 WSW.

1047 AM     SNOW             5 NNE STONINGTON        45.79N 86.94W
01/06/2020  M2.0 INCH        DELTA              MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            CO-OP OBSERVER STATION RRVM4 9 S RAPID
            RIVER.

0800 AM     SNOW             8 N MASS CITY           46.87N 89.10W
01/06/2020  M2.0 INCH        ONTONAGON          MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            CO-OP OBSERVER STATION GNLM4 GREENLAND 6 N.

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Local storm report, Jan 6, 12:09 PM EST, 4 hours 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 6, 1:57 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 6, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 26 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
Jan 6, 4:10 AM EST	Gale Watch	MQT		12 hr
Jan 6, 11:14 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		48 hr
Jan 6, 3:21 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	MQT	Alger, Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw, Luce and 2 more	49 hr
Jan 6, 4:26 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		51 hr
Jan 6, 4:26 PM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	MQT		42 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Michigan, 2020 Every gale warning in 2020

Sources

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