A Winter Storm on the day before Thanksgiving is causing probelms across the Upper Peinsula.
As much as 13 inches of snow has already been reported in the Ishpeming-Negaunee area, with ten inches reported in the Copper Country. A semi truck was reported in the ditch in Baraga County, there are power outages in the Hermansville, Rock, and Brampton areas, and there are numerous reports of downed tree branches and power lines across the western part of the Upper Peninsula.
One weather spotter reported four inches of snow just outside of the City of Gladstone, but in downtown Escanaba, as of lunch time, it was a sloppy mess, with mostly rain, mixed with snow, and about an inch of slush.
A Winter Storm Warning remains inn effect for the entire Upper Peninsula except for Menominee County, until 7:00 ET/6:00 CT. Roads are extremely haazardous in many parts of the U.P.
Schools closed on Wednesday included Marquette, Gwinn, Ishpeming, Powell Township, North Dickinson and Carney-Nadeau.
In Marquette County, Administrator Scott Erbisch announced that the Marquette County Courthouse and Jail curtailed its operations for Wednesday, with only those employees listed on the “work force reduction” list needed to report to work. All court hearings were cancelled and will be rescheduled for later. The Marquette County Health Department also had only its essential personnel report to work, with all scheduled appointments cancelled.
In Schoolcraft County, County Board Chair Craig Reiter announced that offices and Probate, District, and Circuit Court offices in the Schoolcraft County Courthouse closed early, at 12:00 noon.
In the Copper Country, M-DOT reported that Eastbound and westbound M-26 is closed until further notice between Great Sand Bay and west of Eagle Harbor due to water and debris over the roadway. The Keweenaw County Road Commission is monitoring the situation and anticipates the roadway may be reopened by this evening, depending on weather and wave conditions.
Some snowfall reports from the National Weather Service:
0121 PM SNOW 1 SE SANDS 46.41N 87.39W
11/27/2019 M11.0 INCH MARQUETTE MI NWS EMPLOYEE
0100 PM SNOW SAULT STE. MARIE 46.48N 84.37W
11/27/2019 M4.3 INCH CHIPPEWA MI CO-OP OBSERVER
1254 PM NON-TSTM WND GST FREDA 47.13N 88.82W
11/27/2019 M47 MPH HOUGHTON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
1231 PM SNOW 2 S HARVEY 46.47N 87.34W
11/27/2019 M2.8 INCH MARQUETTE MI COCORAHS
1202 PM SNOW GLADSTONE 45.85N 87.02W
11/27/2019 E4.0 INCH DELTA MI PUBLIC
1140 AM SNOW 1 W ISHPEMING 46.49N 87.68W
11/27/2019 M13.5 INCH MARQUETTE MI PUBLIC
1135 AM SNOW 4 N NEGAUNEE 46.56N 87.61W
11/27/2019 M13.5 INCH MARQUETTE MI PUBLIC
1127 A M SNOW 3 N LITTLE LAKE 46.33N 87.33W
11/27/2019 U0.0 INCH MARQUETTE MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SPORADIC DOWNED POWER
LINES BY BOTH WET HEAVY SNOW AND BROKEN
BRANCHES OR FALLEN TREES IN MARQUETTE AND
ALGER COUNTIES. A FIRE WAS REPORTED AT A
TRANSFORMER NEAR THE ENGMAN LAKE ACCESS
ROAD. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED ACROSS THE WEST HALF OF UPPER
MICHIGAN.
1225 PM SNOW TWIN LAKES 46.89N 88.85W
11/27/2019 M6.6 INCH HOUGHTON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
1145 AM SNOW 2 ESE HOUGHTON 47.11N 88.53W
11/27/2019 M8.0 INCH HOUGHTON MI COCORAHS
1137 AM SNOW 5 SW NATIONAL MINE 46.42N 87.77W
11/27/2019 M9.0 INCH MARQUETTE MI PUBLIC
1045 AM SNOW ASSININS 46.81N 88.47W
11/27/2019 U0.0 INCH BARAGA MI PUBLIC
SEMI REPORTED IN THE DITCH ON U.S. HWY 41
VIA DISPATCH RADIO TRAFFIC.
