Heavy Snow, Chippewa
- When
- January 3, 8:00 PM EST to January 4, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Chippewa forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 3 to 4, 2000
A storm system moved from the southern Great Plains rapidly to the northeast during the day on January 3rd. The storm system moved across south central lower Michigan overnight on the 4th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 10 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
- 13
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 moved from the southern Great Plains rapidly to the northeast during the day on January 3rd. The storm system moved across south central lower Michigan overnight on the 4th. It produced a band of 6 to 10 inches of snow over portions of northern lower Michigan and eastern upper Michigan. In lower Michigan, the snow fell north of a line from Manistee to Rogers City. Across eastern upper Michigan, the snow fell across much of Chippewa and Mackinac counties. The greatest snowfall amounts (9 to 10 inches) fell across Leelanau county, western Charlevoix county, northern Emmet county and extreme eastern Chippewa county.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
13 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Mackinac
- When
- January 3, 8:00 PM EST to January 4, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mackinac forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Emmet
- When
- January 3, 8:00 PM EST to January 4, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Emmet forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.588, -84.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Cheboygan
- When
- January 3, 8:00 PM EST to January 4, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cheboygan forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.473, -84.492 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Presque Isle
- When
- January 3, 8:00 PM EST to January 4, 11:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Charlevoix
- When
- January 3, 8:00 PM EST to January 4, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Charlevoix forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Antrim
- When
- January 3, 8:00 PM EST to January 4, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Antrim forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.007, -85.176 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Otsego
- When
- January 3, 8:00 PM EST to January 4, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Otsego forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.021, -84.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Leelanau
- When
- January 3, 8:00 PM EST to January 4, 11:00 AM 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, Benzie
- When
- January 3, 8:00 PM EST to January 4, 11:00 AM 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, Grand Traverse
- When
- January 3, 8:00 PM EST to January 4, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Grand Traverse forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.716, -85.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Kalkaska
- When
- January 3, 8:00 PM EST to January 4, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Kalkaska forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.685, -85.090 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Manistee
- When
- January 3, 8:00 PM EST to January 4, 11:00 AM 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
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- Damaging Wind in Missouri, January 3, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Indiana, January 3, 2000
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- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Indiana, January 3 to 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, January 3, 2000
More
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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: 5127529, 5127530, 5127531, 5127532, 5127533, 5127534, 5127535, 5127536, 5127537, 5127538, 5127539, 5127540, 5127541.