U.P. Breaking News Traffic Advisory
Beware roads getting bad – arrive alive this Christmas
U.P. Breaking News Traffic Advisory – Roads getting bad, cars sliding off – rollovers possible – be careful – 12:25 a.m. ET Saturday 12-24-16
By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director – 1-906-273-24333
(Upper Peninsula of MI) – Roads are deteriorating across the Upper Peninsula on the Christmas Eve Day
Snow and falling temps have made roads slippery in many areas.
A van was reported off the road into a snowbank on U.S. 2/14 in the Delta/Menominee County line area – locations given included Apple Blossom Rd. and County Road 400.
Also a vehicle into the snowbank was reported in a very dangerous area near Marquette Mountain – specifically in Glass’s Curve on the Hill just south of the ski hill.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 355 PM EST FRI DEC 23 2016 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-242100- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 355 PM EST FRI DEC 23 2016 /255 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS EVENING. WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A LARGER STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT UPPER MICHIGAN WITH A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW LATE CHRISTMAS DAY INTO EARLY MONDAY. THERE WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS WELL...WHICH WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY NIGHT AS THE MIXED PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WITH THE ARRIVAL OF COLDER AIR. THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE WAVES TO BUILD AS HIGH AS 10 FEET ALONG EXPOSED SECTIONS OF THE GREAT LAKES SHORES...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND OCCURRENCES OF REDUCED VISIBILITY 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.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 702 PM EST FRI DEC 23 2016 ...SNOW THIS EVENING... MIZ012>014-240600- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-161224T0600Z/ MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MENOMINEE...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE... MANISTIQUE 702 PM EST FRI DEC 23 2016 /602 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2016/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ SATURDAY... * WET SNOW WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING...AND THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE FOR A BRIEF TIME BEFORE ENDING OVERNIGHT. * TOTAL WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. IMPACTS: * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLUSHY AND SLIPPERY THROUGH THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS: * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. * PREPARE... PLAN... AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ ROLFSON
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 355 PM EST FRI DEC 23 2016 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-242100- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 355 PM EST FRI DEC 23 2016 /255 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS EVENING. WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A LARGER STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT UPPER MICHIGAN WITH A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW LATE CHRISTMAS DAY INTO EARLY MONDAY. THERE WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS WELL...WHICH WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY NIGHT AS THE MIXED PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WITH THE ARRIVAL OF COLDER AIR. THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE WAVES TO BUILD AS HIGH AS 10 FEET ALONG EXPOSED SECTIONS OF THE GREAT LAKES SHORES...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND OCCURRENCES OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND ANY KNOWN ROAD CONDITIONS TO THE MARQUETTE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. THE PUBLIC MAY PROVIDE REPORTS THROUGH OUR WEB PAGE...OUR FACEBOOK AND TWITTER PAGES...OR BY PHONE. $$
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U.P. Breaking News Traffic Advisory – Baraga County crash into gas main/fire – 3:45 a.m. ET Friday 12-23-16
The L’Anse Fire Department is responding to a report of a vehicle into a gas main on U.S.-41 – fire but no one in vehicle
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The fire department has been sent to in front of Erickson’s Lumber.
“A car has struck a gas main – there is fire,” the dispatcher said.
Everyone is out of the vehicle – no injuries reported. Details of wreck were not available.
Accident in Houghton County – Hurontown area – bad location and icy on hill Superior Road.
Accident is reported at a bad location on Superior Road in Houghton County – where “it is pretty icy here,” said law enforcement on the scene.
The Houghton County Road Commission has been called to the scene. So has the Hurtontown Volunteer Fire department.
The accident is on Superior Road between Boundary and Elsie
The accident was reportedly a rollover – however initial reports of injuries and entrapment turned out to be not so.
Be careful it is on the top of the hill – Superior Rd. north of Boundary Road.
Upper Peninsula Breaking News by Greg Peterson 