Periods of storm force winds developed across portions of Lake Superior ahead of and in the wake of a strong cold frontal passage from the 26th into the 27th.
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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.
Periods of storm force winds developed across portions of Lake Superior ahead of and in the wake of a strong cold frontal passage from the 26th into the 27th.
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 25, 11:57 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 331 PM EST SUN DEC 25 2016 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-261100- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 331 PM EST SUN DEC 25 2016 /231 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A LARGE STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT UPPER MICHIGAN WITH A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. MANY PLACES WILL SEE AROUND 0.10 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON EXPOSED SURFACES TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED AS WELL...WITH WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH POSSIBLE TONIGHT AT EXPOSED LOCATIONS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR AND LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE WAVES TO BUILD AS HIGH AS 10 TO 15 FEET ALONG EXPOSED SECTIONS OF THE GREAT LAKES SHORES...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY NIGHT...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA MONDAY EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE WAVES TO BUILD AS HIGH AS 9 TO 14 FEET ALONG EXPOSED SECTIONS OF THE GREAT LAKES SHORES...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION. MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE WEST WIND SNOW BELTS LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THERE COULD BE MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY FOR THE FAVORED NORTHWEST WIND SNOW BELTS OF LAKE SUPERIOR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND ANY KNOWN ROAD CONDITIONS TO THE MARQUETTE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. THE PUBLIC MAY PROVIDE REPORTS THROUGH OUR WEB PAGE...OUR FACEBOOK AND TWITTER PAGES...OR BY PHONE. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-261100- 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- 331 PM EST SUN DEC 25 2016 /231 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SOUTHEAST GALES TO 35 TO 45 KNOTS WILL DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT...WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF STORM FORCE GUSTS OVER 50 KNOTS POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE OVERNIGHT. SEE THE LATEST OPEN LAKE FORECAST AND MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SOUTHEAST GALES OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS WILL VEER TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE MONDAY NIGHT. A FEW WESTERLY STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY EVENING. SEE THE LATEST OPEN LAKE FORECAST AND MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LMZ221-248-250-261100- 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- 331 PM EST SUN DEC 25 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SOUTHEAST GALES TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECAST AND MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SOUTHEAST VEERING WEST GALES TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECAST AND MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. KLUBER
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 marine high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Passage Island Light station measured at peak easterly storm force wind gust of 57 knots.
The Stannard Rock Light station measured storm force southeast winds through the period with a peak gust of 54 knots.
The Rock of Ages Light measured storm force southwest winds through the period with a peak gust of 57 knots.
The observing station at Granite Island Light measured a peak gust of 49 knots.
The Passage Island Light station measured a peak westerly wind gust of 54 knots.
The Stannard Rock Light station measured storm force westerly winds through the period with a peak gust of 56 knots.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Lake Superior in 2016Every state in 2016This 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: 669586, 669588, 669585, 669584, 669587, 669589.