Heavy Snow, Muskegon
- When
- March 1, 10:00 PM EST to March 2, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Muskegon forecast zone
- Measured
- 35
- Coordinates
- 43.219, -86.212 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Michigan, March 1 to 2, 1996
Lake effect snow squalls dropped a total of 5 to 9 inches of snow in the affected areas, while strong winds reduced visibilities to near zero.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GRR wrote it up.
Lake effect snow squalls dropped a total of 5 to 9 inches of snow in the affected areas, while strong winds reduced visibilities to near zero.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Ottawa
- When
- March 1, 10:00 PM EST to March 2, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Ottawa forecast zone
- Measured
- 35
- Coordinates
- 43.003, -86.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Kent
- When
- March 1, 10:00 PM EST to March 2, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Kent forecast zone
- Measured
- 35
- Coordinates
- 43.032, -85.549 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Drought in Kansas, March 1 to 31, 1996
- Drought in New Mexico, March 1 to 31, 1996
- Winter Storm in Virginia, March 1 to 2, 1996
- High Wind in Nebraska, March 1, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, March 1, 1996
- Winter Storm in Maryland, March 1 to 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 1 to 2, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, March 1, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, March 1, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, March 1 to 2, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, March 1 to 2, 1996
- Flood in Ohio, March 1, 1996
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, March 1996
Sources
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5546681, 5546682, 5546683.