Winter Storm, Houghton
- When
- March 27, 1:00 PM EST to March 28, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Houghton forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 46.992, -88.652 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Michigan, March 27 to 28, 2000
A strong early spring storm strenghtened as it moved from Wisconsin, across Upper Michigan, to eastern Lake Superior, where it stalled and weakened. P.
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 MQT wrote it up.
A strong early spring storm strenghtened as it moved from Wisconsin, across Upper Michigan, to eastern Lake Superior, where it stalled and weakened. Showers and an occasional rumble of thunder ahead of the storm center changed to snow as strong northwest winds behind the low pushed cold Canadian air across the U.P. The strong and gusty northwest winds caused considerable blowing and drifting snow. The combination of heavy wet snow and strong northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph caused scattered power outages over the western Upper Peninsula, and blowing and drifting snow was responsible for school closures and flight delays or cancellations at the Houghton County Airport. Snowfall reports included 8 inches at Calumet and Phoenix and 12 inches in Painesdale. The highway department reported 12 inches of new snow along highway M-26 southwest of Houghton.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Keweenaw
- When
- March 27, 1:00 PM EST to March 28, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Keweenaw forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 47.283, -88.212 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 27, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 27, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Florida, March 27, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 27, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 27 to 29, 2000
- Hail in Georgia, March 27, 2000
- Hail in Louisiana, March 27, 2000
- Hail in Louisiana, March 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 27, 2000
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, March 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: 5135588, 5135589.