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Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Gaylord, MI

December 3, 202416 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this winter storm warning at Dec 3, 2024, 2:51 PM EST for 16 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Dec 3, 2024, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 45 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 3, 2024, 2:51 PM EST (19:51 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 3, 2024, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 5, 2024, 3:50 PM EST
In force
45 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Charlevoix County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Chippewa County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Mackinac County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Wexford County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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 Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 3, 12:50 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 12:50 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 3, 3:33 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchAPXAlpena, Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa and 14 more23 hr
Dec 3, 3:44 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX23 hr
Dec 3, 3:04 PM ESTGale WatchAPX12 hr
Dec 3, 3:04 PM ESTGale WarningAPX52 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Michigan, 2024Every winter storm warning in 2024

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.