Heavy Snow, Benzie
- When
- January 25, 8:00 AM EST to 8:00 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 in Michigan, January 25, 2000
Northerly winds brought cold arctic air over lakes Superior and Michigan. This helped to establish a heavy band of lake effect snow over western Benzie and western Manistee counties.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 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.
Northerly winds brought cold arctic air over lakes Superior and Michigan. This helped to establish a heavy band of lake effect snow over western Benzie and western Manistee counties. This band produced 12-hour snowfall amounts of 8 to 10 inches. The cities of Frankfort and Manistee were affected by this heavy snow band.
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, Manistee
- When
- January 25, 8:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Manistee forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.238, -86.288 (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
- Winter Storm in Texas, January 25 to 28, 2000
- Cold in South Carolina, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm and Flooding in Delaware, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in Maryland, January 25, 2000
- Avalanche in Colorado, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 25 to 26, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5127650, 5127651.