Cold Arctic air spilling over Lake Superior behind a departing low pressure system produced storm force west to southwest winds across portions of central Lake Superior from the 5th into the early morning of the 6th.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.
Cold Arctic air spilling over Lake Superior behind a departing low pressure system produced storm force west to southwest winds across portions of central Lake Superior from the 5th into the early morning of the 6th.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Dec 5, 6:47 AM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 536 AM EST THU DEC 5 2013 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-061200- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 536 AM EST THU DEC 5 2013 /436 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AS VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR INVADES THE UPPER GREAT LAKES...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS AND SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL IMPACT NORTHWEST UPPER MICHIGAN NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. SEE THE LATEST FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL AS LOW AS 20 BELOW ZERO OVER THE INTERIOR WEST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST UPPER MICHIGAN THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SEE THE LATEST FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL IMPACT AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF MUNISING LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL AS LOW AS 20 BELOW ZERO OVER THE INTERIOR WEST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS OF SNOWFALL AND ANY ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. YOU MAY SUBMIT REPORTS VIA OUR HOMEPAGE...OR THROUGH OUR FACEBOOK AND TWITTER PAGES. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-061200- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND PORTAGE MN BEYOND 5NM-SAXON HARBOR WI TO BLACK RIVER MI- BLACK RIVER TO ONTONAGON MI- ONTONAGON TO UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO EAGLE RIVER MI- EAGLE RIVER TO MANITOU ISLAND MI- MANITOU ISLAND TO POINT ISABELLE MI- POINT ISABELLE TO LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO HURON ISLANDS MI INCLUDING KEWEENAW AND HURON BAYS-HURON ISLANDS TO MARQUETTE MI- MARQUETTE TO MUNISING MI-MUNISING TO GRAND MARAIS MI- GRAND MARAIS TO WHITEFISH POINT MI- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER INCLUDING ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL TO MANITOU ISLAND MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF A LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO WHITEFISH POINT MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- 536 AM EST THU DEC 5 2013 /436 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT EXPECT WEST GALES AS HIGH AS 35 TO 45 KNOTS OVER MOST OF LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH TONIGHT. SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE AND LAKE SUPERIOR MARINE FORECASTS FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WEST GALES UP TO 35 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE EAST HALF OF LAKE SUPERIOR ON FRIDAY MORNING. GALE FORCE GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS MAY CONTINUE IN THIS AREA THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE AND LAKE SUPERIOR MARINE FORECASTS FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LMZ221-248-250-061200- GREEN BAY NORTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-SEUL CHOIX POINT TO POINT DETOUR MI- 5NM EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRPORT MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE- 536 AM EST THU DEC 5 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT EXPECT FREQUENT WEST GALE FORCE GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS THROUGH TODAY. SEE THE LATEST LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE AND LAKE MICHIGAN NEARSHORE FORECAST FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. KC
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</html>SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 449 AM EST THU DEC 5 2013 MIZ002-004-005-009>011-084-051600- ONTONAGON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...LANSE...GWINN... MARQUETTE...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN...KENTON... SIDNAW 449 AM EST THU DEC 5 2013 /349 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013/ THE LOW PRESSURE THAT BROUGHT THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE UPPER PENINSULA CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD. TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WARMED ABOVE FREEZING ALLOWING FOR MANY OF THE ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS TO BECOME SLUSHY. IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH MOST AREAS EXPECTED TO BE BELOW FREEZING BY DAYBREAK. THIS WILL CAUSE MANY OF THE WET OR SLUSH COVERED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS TO REFREEZE MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES THIS MORNING. PLEASE ALLOW EXTRA TIME THIS MORNING IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. KEC
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
508 AM EST THU DEC 5 2013
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 W HUBBELL 47.17N 88.49W
12/05/2013 M50 MPH HOUGHTON MI PUBLIC
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NWS MARQUETTE MI
IRIS SYSTEMThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 marine high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Stannard Rock recorded west to southwest storm force wind gusts from 10 am through 9 pm on the 5th.
Passage Island Light measured a peak storm force west wind gust of 52 knots on the 6th at 1 am.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Lake Superior in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather history
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 486652, 486655.