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WSWAPX
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
226 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2026
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WESTERN CHIPPEWA-CENTRAL CHIPPEWA-SOUTHEAST CHIPPEWA-WESTERN
MACKINAC-EASTERN MACKINAC-
226 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2026
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...HEAVY FREEZING RAIN LEADING TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS IS
POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND THREE TENTHS OF
AN INCH POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST UP TO 25 TO 30 MPH FROM THE
EAST.
* WHERE...CENTRAL CHIPPEWA, EASTERN MACKINAC, SOUTHEAST CHIPPEWA,
WESTERN CHIPPEWA, AND WESTERN MACKINAC COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES AND TREE
LIMBS MAY CAUSE WIDESPREAD AND LONG-LASTING POWER OUTAGES. POWER
OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE ARE LIKELY DUE TO THE ICE. TRAVEL COULD BE
NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...MIXED PRECIPITATION COULD BE SEEN DURING THE
ONSET EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, BUT WILL LIKELY TRANSITION TO MOSTLY
FREEZING RAIN AFTER SUNRISE AS WAVES OF MODERATE PRECIPITATION
MOVE IN. TEMPERATURES COULD REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR THE MAJORITY
OF THE PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURES WILL BRIEFLY WARM INTO THE MID
30S SUNDAY EVENING, BEFORE FALLING BELOW FREEZING EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
ELD
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