Heavy Snow, Alpena
- When
- January 14, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Alpena forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.064, -83.460 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 14, 2002
A low pressure system that moved across central Lower Michigan on the 14th brought widespread accumulating snows to northern Michigan. The accumulations were enhanced by Lake Huron across a small portion of northeast Lower Michigan, with snowfall totals of 5 to 6 inches in this area.
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 APX wrote it up.
A low pressure system that moved across central Lower Michigan on the 14th brought widespread accumulating snows to northern Michigan. The accumulations were enhanced by Lake Huron across a small portion of northeast Lower Michigan, with snowfall totals of 5 to 6 inches in this area.
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, Presque Isle
- When
- January 14, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Presque Isle forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.398, -83.843 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5279744, 5279745.