Heavy Snow, Baraga
- When
- May 11, 8:00 PM EST to May 12, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Baraga forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.700, -88.352 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Michigan, May 11 to 12, 1997
A late winter storm deposited 13 inches of snow at Herman, 12 inches at Ironwood and Wakefield, and 11 inches at Bergland. 9 inches.
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 MQT wrote it up.
A late winter storm deposited 13 inches of snow at Herman, 12 inches at Ironwood and Wakefield, and 11 inches at Bergland. The snow established new single season snowfall records at Herman with 384.0 inches, Ironwood with 301.8 inches, and Bergland with 284.9 inches. It broke single season snowfall records set just last year of 347.0, 291.9 and 284.2 inches respectively.
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, Gogebic
- When
- May 11, 8:00 PM EST to May 12, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gogebic forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.496, -89.796 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Ontonagon
- When
- May 11, 8:00 PM EST to May 12, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ontonagon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.778, -89.305 (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
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in California, May 11, 1997
- Cold in Ohio, May 11, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Nevada, May 11, 1997
- Cold in West Virginia, May 11, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, May 11 to 12, 1997
- Cold in Kentucky, May 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, May 11 to 12, 1997
- Cold in Virginia, May 11, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, May 11, 1997
- Flood in Washington, May 11 to 19, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, May 11, 1997
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, May 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: 5625373, 5625374, 5625375.