Heavy Snow, Gogebic
- When
- January 5, 8:00 PM EST to January 6, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Gogebic forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.496, -89.796 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 5 to 6, 2002
Cold arctic air pouring across Lake Superior on northwest winds set up bands of heavy lake effect snow over western Upper Michigan. The bands were most persistent over Gogebic and Ontonagon counties.
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 MQT wrote it up.
Cold arctic air pouring across Lake Superior on northwest winds set up bands of heavy lake effect snow over western Upper Michigan. The bands were most persistent over Gogebic and Ontonagon counties. Ironwood reported 11 inches of snowfall, Bessemer received 12 inches, and 9 inches accumulated in Rockland.
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, Ontonagon
- When
- January 5, 9:00 PM EST to January 6, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ontonagon forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.778, -89.305 (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
- Ice Storm in Kansas, January 5, 2002
- Extreme Cold in South Carolina, January 5, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Florida, January 5, 2002
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 5 to 6, 2002
- Rip Current in Guam, January 5, 2002
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 5 to 10, 2002
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 5 to 6, 2002
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 5, 2002
- High Wind in Alaska, January 5 to 6, 2002
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 5 to 6, 2002
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, January 5, 2002
- High Wind in Alaska, January 5, 2002
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, January 2002
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: 5278616, 5278617.