Heavy Snow, Chippewa
- When
- January 2, 1:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chippewa forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 2, 2000
A storm system which developed over the southern Rocky Mountains moved to the northeast across the central plains and strengthened overnight on the 2nd. The storm system then moved across northern lower Michigan on the afternoon of the 2nd.
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 storm system which developed over the southern Rocky Mountains moved to the northeast across the central plains and strengthened overnight on the 2nd. The storm system then moved across northern lower Michigan on the afternoon of the 2nd. This storm system produced heavy snow across portions of eastern upper Michigan. By 11 pm on the evening of the 2nd, 10 to 12 inches of snow had fallen over western Chippewa county and extreme northwestern Mackinac county.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Mackinac
- When
- January 2, 1:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mackinac forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
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
- High Wind in California, January 2, 2000
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- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in New York, January 2, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Virginia, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Heat in New Jersey, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Maryland, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Heat in Pennsylvania, January 2 to 4, 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: 5127527, 5127528.