Heavy Snow, Sanilac
- When
- January 12, 5:00 PM EST to January 13, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Sanilac forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.443, -82.646 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 12 to 13, 2000
A clipper low pressure system strengthened rapidly as it moved from the upper Mississippi Valley across the Great Lakes. Heavy snow occured in parts of southeast Michigan ahead of the low, mainly in the Saginaw Valley and Thumb regions.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 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 DTX wrote it up.
A clipper low pressure system strengthened rapidly as it moved from the upper Mississippi Valley across the Great Lakes. Heavy snow occured in parts of southeast Michigan ahead of the low, mainly in the Saginaw Valley and Thumb regions. Snowfall amounts were as high as 10 inches in Marlette, and 8 inches in Caro and Cass City. Seven inches fell east of Pleasant Valley, southwest of Croswell, and near Tri-Cities International Airport in Freeland. A newspaper reported as much as ten inches of snow near Forestville and Richmondville. In addition, gusty winds around the deepening low pressure system resulted in considerable drifting snow.
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, Tuscola
- When
- January 12, 5:00 PM EST to January 13, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Tuscola forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.491, -83.440 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Saginaw
- When
- January 12, 5:00 PM EST to January 13, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Saginaw forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.335, -84.053 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Midland
- When
- January 12, 5:00 PM EST to January 13, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Midland forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.647, -84.388 (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
- Dense Fog in California, January 12, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 12, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 12 to 13, 2000
- Winter Storm in Michigan, January 12 to 13, 2000
- Blizzard and Extreme Cold in Alaska, January 12 to 15, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 12 to 13, 2000
- High Wind in Colorado, January 12, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 12, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 12 to 13, 2000
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 12, 2000
- High Wind in California, January 12 to 13, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 12 to 13, 2000
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, January 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: 5128201, 5128202, 5128203, 5128204.