Heavy Snow, Livingston
- When
- January 5, 11:55 AM EST
- Where
- Livingston forecast zone
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 42.603, -83.911 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 5, 2001
A strong low pressure system moved across southern Canada, north of Michigan, on the night of the 4th. The system brought light snow to the area, with most places picking up 2 inches or less of new snow.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
A strong low pressure system moved across southern Canada, north of Michigan, on the night of the 4th. The system brought light snow to the area, with most places picking up 2 inches or less of new snow. Lapeer, Macomb, and St Clair Counties were the exception, with 2 to 4 inches of snow. The Thumb area, along with Monroe County, saw enough blowing and drifting snow to cancel schools in many districts on the 5th. Also on the 5th, the weight of the additional snow (combined with all the snow that fell in December) collapsed an awning-style roof along the edge of a metals warehouse in Brighton. Three men were buried under the debris. One suffered a broken leg, another a broken ankle, and the third had relatively minor head injuries. Later in the day, a man in Waterford died when he fell from his roof while trying to shovel snow.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Extreme Cold in Florida, January 5, 2001
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, January 5, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 5, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 5, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, January 5, 2001
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 5, 2001
- Blizzard and Extreme Cold in Alaska, January 5 to 8, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 5, 2001
- Winter Weather in Virginia, January 5, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 5, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Maine, January 5 to 6, 2001
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, January 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: 5228272.