Heavy Snow, Alpena
- When
- December 7, 11:00 PM EST to December 8, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Alpena forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.064, -83.460 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 7 to 8, 2000
A weak low pressure system passed across the southern Great Lakes region from the afternoon of the 7th through the early morning hours of the 8th. Southeast winds developed across Lake Huron as this system passed.
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
- 2
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 weak low pressure system passed across the southern Great Lakes region from the afternoon of the 7th through the early morning hours of the 8th. Southeast winds developed across Lake Huron as this system passed. These winds, combined with the cold air and relatively warm waters of Lake Huron, triggered heavy lake enhanced snow across a portion of northeast Lower Michigan. By early morning on the 8th, 12 hour snowfall amounts of 6 to 8 inches were reported across much of Alpena county as well as the eastern half of Presque Isle county. Some isolated locations along the Lake Huron shoreline received 12 to 15 inches of snowfall.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Presque Isle
- When
- December 7, 11:00 PM EST to December 8, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Presque Isle forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.398, -83.843 (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: 5178120, 5178121.