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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

February 27, 20256 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this winter storm watch at Feb 27, 2025, 2:37 AM EST for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Feb 28, 2025, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 27, 2025, 2:37 AM EST (07:37 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 28, 2025, 3:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 27, 2025, 2:53 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Charlevoix County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Chippewa County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Mackinac County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:37 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 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 26, 11:59 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 11:59 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 2:59 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX19 hr
Feb 27, 2:53 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningAPXChippewa, Mackinac34 hr
Feb 27, 2:53 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryAPXAlpena, Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet and 9 more49 hr
Feb 27, 3:21 PM ESTGale WarningAPX37 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.