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Winter Storm Warning 13, NWS Marquette, MI

April 1, 202613 counties in Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this winter storm warning at Apr 1, 2026, 2:24 PM EDT for 13 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Apr 2, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 26 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
Apr 1, 2026, 2:24 PM EDT (18:24 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 2, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 3, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI

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

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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 Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Apr 1, 1:44 PM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 1:44 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 1, 9:33 AM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 10:47 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMQT5 days
Apr 1, 2:51 AM EDTGale WarningMQT47 hr
Apr 1, 2:51 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMQT5 days
Apr 1, 2:24 PM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMQTLuce26 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Michigan, 2026Every winter storm warning in 2026

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.