Ice Storm, Huron
- When
- February 7, 11:00 PM EST to February 8, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Huron forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.910, -82.855 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm in Michigan, February 7 to 8, 2001
Low pressure in the plains pushed a warm front north across the Ohio Valley. Precipitation broke out north of the warm front, in the form of a wintry mix.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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 DTX wrote it up.
Low pressure in the plains pushed a warm front north across the Ohio Valley. Precipitation broke out north of the warm front, in the form of a wintry mix. Near Saginaw Bay, much of this mix took the form of freezing rain. Huron County was the exception, seeing 5 inches of snow mix in with a quarter inch of ice. In general, minimal glaze formed on ground surfaces. Instead, ice accumulations were generally confined to power lines, tree branches, and overpasses. The ice accumulations, about a quarter to a half inch, did not persist long, as temperatures warmed and changed the freezing rain to rain. As a result, the ice caused little damage.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Detroit, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 7, 9:45 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 9:45 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
945 PM EST WED FEB 7 2001
WINTER STORM WARNINGS...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES CONTINUED WITH
THIS PACKAGE.
ONLY A CHANGE IN TIMING PLANNED FOR THIS UPDATE. NEW ETA RUN
CONTINUES TO SHOW IMPRESSIVE WARM ADVECTION AND FRONTOGENESIS AT 850
MB OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY NORTHERN COUNTIES. GIVEN LATEST MODEL
THERMAL DATA...CURRENT PRECIPITATION TYPE FORECAST ON TRACK. BEST
LIFT AND MOISTURE INTO FORECAST AREA AFTER 6Z...WHICH LINES UP WELL
WITH CURRENT RADAR TRENDS. THEREFORE WILL GENERALLY PUSH TIMING BACK
ABOUT TWO HOURS OVERALL.
.DTX...WINTER STORM WARNING...OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY
MORNING
MIZ048>049-053>055.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING
MIZ060>063-068>070.
STRUBLEThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice Storm, Tuscola
- When
- February 7, 11:00 PM EST to February 8, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tuscola forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.491, -83.440 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Saginaw
- When
- February 7, 11:00 PM EST to February 8, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Saginaw forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.335, -84.053 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Bay
- When
- February 7, 11:00 PM EST to February 8, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bay forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.721, -83.942 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, February 7 to 8, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, February 7, 2001
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, February 7 to 8, 2001
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, February 7 to 8, 2001
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 7 to 8, 2001
- High Wind in California, February 7, 2001
- Ice Storm in Iowa, February 7 to 8, 2001
- Winter Storm in Michigan, February 7 to 8, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, February 7 to 9, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, February 7, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 7 to 8, 2001
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 7 to 9, 2001
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, February 2001
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: 5234650, 5234651, 5234652, 5234653.