Heavy Snow, Chippewa
- When
- December 23, 10:00 PM EST to December 24, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Chippewa forecast zone
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 23 to 24, 2000
A low pressure system moved across northern Lake Michigan during the evening of the 23rd. The low then moved east across northern Lower Michigan during the early morning hours of the 24th.
Where it happened
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- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 low pressure system moved across northern Lake Michigan during the evening of the 23rd. The low then moved east across northern Lower Michigan during the early morning hours of the 24th. Southeast winds ahead of this storm system produced a narrow band of heavy snow downwind of Lake Huron. This band was confined to areas around Drummond Island and De Tour Village in far eastern Upper Michigan. During the evening of the 23rd, these locations received around 10 inches of snowfall. As the low pressure system moved across Lake Michigan, the relatively warm lake water caused some heavier snow showers to develop across portions of northwest Lower Michigan. The heaviest showers occurred across northern Benzie county, southern Leelanau county, and northern Grand Traverse county. From late in the evening on the 23rd to early in the morning in the 24th, these areas received 6 to 8 inches of snowfall.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Benzie
- When
- December 24, 2:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Benzie forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.617, -86.139 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Leelanau
- When
- December 24, 6:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Leelanau forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.152, -86.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Grand Traverse
- When
- December 24, 6:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Grand Traverse forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.716, -85.552 (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
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Illinois, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 23 to 25, 2000
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, December 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, December 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Missouri, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Flood in Guam, December 23, 2000
- High Surf in California, December 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 23 to 24, 2000
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, December 2000
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: 5178510, 5178511, 5178512, 5178627.