Michigan, 2000

Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 16 to 17, 2000

December 16 to 17, 2000 · NWS GRR · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

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Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
8

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.

A low pressure system developed over Kentucky during the afternoon hours of the 16th, and moved north across western Ohio late on the 16th, and to London, Ontario by 7 a.m. on the 17th. It produced a narrow band of moderate to heavy snow from Kalamazoo and Battle Creek north northeast to just east of Grand Rapids. The heaviest snowfall report came from just north of Battle Creek, where a foot of snow fell. The following is a list of storm total snowfall, by county, between 10 p.m. on the 16th and 10 a.m. the 17th: Kalamazoo, Barry, Calhoun and Ionia, 7 to 11 inches; Eaton, western Clinton, Gratiot and southeastern Montcalm, 6 to 8 inches. Lighter snowfall totals included 4 inches across Ingham county, 3 to 4 inches across Jackson county, 1 inch across Isabella county, and just a trace across Clare, Mecosta and Kent counties.

The radar

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Event by event

8 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Calhoun

When
December 16, 10:00 PM EST to December 17, 10:00 AM EST
Where
Calhoun forecast zone
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
42.247, -85.006 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Kalamazoo

When
December 16, 10:00 PM EST to December 17, 10:00 AM EST
Where
Kalamazoo forecast zone
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
42.245, -85.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Gratiot

When
December 16, 10:00 PM EST to December 17, 10:00 AM EST
Where
Gratiot forecast zone
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
43.293, -84.605 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Eaton

When
December 16, 10:00 PM EST to December 17, 10:00 AM EST
Where
Eaton forecast zone
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
42.596, -84.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Barry

When
December 16, 10:00 PM EST to December 17, 10:00 AM EST
Where
Barry forecast zone
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
42.595, -85.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Ionia

When
December 16, 10:00 PM EST to December 17, 10:00 AM EST
Where
Ionia forecast zone
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
42.945, -85.075 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Clinton

When
December 16, 10:00 PM EST to December 17, 10:00 AM EST
Where
Clinton forecast zone
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
42.944, -84.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Montcalm

When
December 16, 10:00 PM EST to December 17, 10:00 AM EST
Where
Montcalm forecast zone
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
43.311, -85.152 (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

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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: 5168683, 5168684, 5168685, 5168686, 5168687, 5168688, 5168689, 5168690.