Winter Storm, Alpena
- When
- February 27, 4:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Alpena forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.064, -83.460 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Michigan, February 27, 1997
A SURFACE LOW TRACKING ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND AN UPPER LOW CROSSING NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN COMBINED TO BRING HEAVY SNOWS TO THE REGION. WITH ENHANCEMENT PROVIDED BY NORTHEAST WINDS OFF OF LAKE HURON.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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 APX wrote it up.
A SURFACE LOW TRACKING ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND AN UPPER LOW CROSSING NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN COMBINED TO BRING HEAVY SNOWS TO THE REGION. SNOW OCCASIONALLY FELL AT THE RATE OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...WITH ENHANCEMENT PROVIDED BY NORTHEAST WINDS OFF OF LAKE HURON. STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACROSS THE COUNTY RANGED FROM 12 TO 16 INCHES.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Dense Fog in New York, February 27, 1997
- High Wind in New York, February 27, 1997
- High Wind in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 27 to 28, 1997
- High Wind in Michigan, February 27, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, February 27 to 28, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 27 to 28, 1997
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, February 1997
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5584604.