Heavy Snow, Muskegon
- When
- March 5, 7:00 AM EST to March 6, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Muskegon forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.219, -86.212 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Michigan, March 5 to 6, 2001
Moderate lake effect snow developed on the 5th, continuing for about 18 hours. The heaviest snow fell in Muskegon county, with the maximum snowfall from this event falling at Blue Lake, where 6 inches of snow was reported.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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 GRR wrote it up.
Moderate lake effect snow developed on the 5th, continuing for about 18 hours. The heaviest snow fell in Muskegon county, with the maximum snowfall from this event falling at Blue Lake, where 6 inches of snow was reported. Additional snowfall totals included the following: Grand Haven (Ottawa county), 4-5 inches; Norton Shores and Whitehall (Muskegon county), 4 inches; western Allegan county, 4 inches; Muskegon (Muskegon county), 2-3 inches; western Mason and western Oceana counties, 2 inches; St. John's (Clinton county), 1.2 inches; Grand Rapids (Kent county), 1 inch.
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
- Flooding and Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Rhode Island, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in New York, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in New York, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in New York, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 5 to 6, 2001
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, March 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: 5234219.