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Blizzard Warning 4, NWS Marquette, MI

December 27, 202510 counties in Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this blizzard warning at Dec 27, 2025, 3:01 PM EST for 10 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Dec 28, 2025, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 21 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 27, 2025, 3:01 PM EST (20:01 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 28, 2025, 4:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 29, 2025, 1:00 PM EST
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Marquette, MI

Counties Alger County, MI, Baraga County, MI, Delta County, MI, Gogebic County, MI, Houghton County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI, Luce County, MI, Marquette County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI, Schoolcraft County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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 blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Dec 27, 1:21 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 1:21 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 4:53 AM EST, 10 hours 8 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, 10:42 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		29 hr
Dec 27, 3:01 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	MQT	Dickinson, Iron, Menominee	46 hr
Dec 27, 3:06 PM EST	Lakeshore Flood Advisory	MQT	Alger, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw, Luce, Marquette and 1 more	48 hr
Dec 27, 3:09 PM EST	Lakeshore Flood Warning	MQT	Alger, Keweenaw, Marquette	48 hr
Dec 27, 4:03 PM EST	Gale Warning	MQT		63 hr
Dec 27, 4:03 PM EST	Storm Warning	MQT		43 hr
Dec 27, 4:03 PM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	MQT		54 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.