Heavy Snow, Chippewa
- When
- January 10, 9:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chippewa forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 10 to 11, 2003
An area of low pressure moved through the Great Lakes region on the 10th. This system brought 8 to 10 inches of snow to eastern Upper Michigan, with isolated reports of 5 to 9 inches of snow to portions of northwest Lower Michigan.
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
- 3
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.
An area of low pressure moved through the Great Lakes region on the 10th. This system brought 8 to 10 inches of snow to eastern Upper Michigan, with isolated reports of 5 to 9 inches of snow to portions of northwest Lower Michigan.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Mackinac
- When
- January 10, 12:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mackinac forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Otsego
- When
- January 11, 4:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Otsego forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.021, -84.599 (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
- Dense Fog in Utah, January 10 to 11, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 10 to 11, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 10 to 11, 2003
- Cold in Michigan, January 10 to 30, 2003
- Dense Fog in Kansas, January 10, 2003
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 10 to 13, 2003
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 10 to 12, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 10 to 12, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 10 to 11, 2003
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 10 to 11, 2003
- Dense Fog in Nevada, January 10, 2003
- Strong Wind in Maryland, January 10 to 11, 2003
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, January 2003
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: 5338478, 5338479, 5338480.