Heavy Snow, Emmet
- When
- November 18, 10:30 AM EST to November 19, 12:00 PM 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 in Michigan, November 18 to 19, 2000
West to southwest winds ahead of a weak low pressure system triggered lake effect snow across portions of northern Michigan during the early morning hours through the late afternoon hours on the 18th. The heaviest snow fell across south central Cheboygan county, around the town of Indian River, where 7 to 9 inches fell within 8 hours.
Where it happened
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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.
West to southwest winds ahead of a weak low pressure system triggered lake effect snow across portions of northern Michigan during the early morning hours through the late afternoon hours on the 18th. The heaviest snow fell across south central Cheboygan county, around the town of Indian River, where 7 to 9 inches fell within 8 hours. Much of Emmet county received around 7 inches by late afternoon. The snows persisted through the evening of the 18th and into the morning of the 19th. By late morning on the 19th, 7 to 8 additional inches of snow had fallen across much of Emmet and central Cheboygan county. Over the 30 hour period extending from the early morning hours of the 18th to the late afternoon on the 19th, much of Emmet county had received 16 to 20 inches of snow.
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, Cheboygan
- When
- November 18, 10:30 AM EST to November 19, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cheboygan forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.473, -84.492 (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.
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The same day elsewhere
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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: 5167063, 5167064.