A light wintry mix of precipitation developed ahead of an approaching low pressure system over the Plains. A light glaze of freezing drizzle and sleet produced slippery surfaces across southern Houghton, Iron, Dickinson and Marquette counties on the evening of the 21st continuing into the 22nd.
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The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.
A light wintry mix of precipitation developed ahead of an approaching low pressure system over the Plains. A light glaze of freezing drizzle and sleet produced slippery surfaces across southern Houghton, Iron, Dickinson and Marquette counties on the evening of the 21st continuing into the 22nd. Several traffic accidents were reported in Dickinson County.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Periodic freezing drizzle and sleet reported by observers near Norway.
Periodic freezing drizzle reported by an observer south of Kenton.
Periodic light freezing drizzle reported at Green Garden and the National Weather Service in Negaunee Township.
Periodic freezing drizzle reported by an observer south of Kenton across the Iron County border.
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