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WWUS83 KMQT 210847
SPSMQT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
347 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2020
MIZ001-003-212100-
KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COPPER HARBOR, HOUGHTON, AND HANCOCK
347 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2020
...GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING TODAY WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...
GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO FURTHER INCREASE
LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON, WITH GUSTS UPWARDS OF 40 TO 45
MPH ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA. THESE STRONGER WINDS MAY CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS ROADS WITH HIGHER SNOW DRIFTS,
ESPECIALLY FOR ROADS ORIENTED PERPENDICULAR TO SOUTHWEST TO WEST
WINDS OR MORE OPEN, EXPOSED AREAS OF ROADS.
THESE STRONGER WINDS AND RESULTING HIGHER WAVES WILL ALSO OCCUR
ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO THIS
EVENING. MINOR BEACH EROSION AND LOCALIZED LAKESHORE FLOODING MAY
BE POSSIBLE DURING HIGH WAVES TODAY INTO TONIGHT FOR ICE-FREE
AREAS ALONG THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN SHORELINE OF THE KEWEENAW
PENINSULA. ICE-FREE AREAS MAY ALSO SEE LOOSE ICE PUSH ONSHORE.
RITZMAN
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