Heavy Snow, Antrim
- When
- January 22, 8:00 PM EST to January 23, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Antrim forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.007, -85.176 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 22 to 23, 2003
Lake effect snow off Lake Michigan produced an area of 6 to 12 snowfalls over far northwest Lower Michigan. The snows started during the night on the 22nd and continued through the day on the 23rd.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 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.
Lake effect snow off Lake Michigan produced an area of 6 to 12 snowfalls over far northwest Lower Michigan. The snows started during the night on the 22nd and continued through the day on the 23rd.
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, Grand Traverse
- When
- January 23, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Grand Traverse forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.716, -85.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Leelanau
- When
- January 23, 3:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Leelanau forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.152, -86.038 (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
- Extreme Cold in Nebraska, January 22 to 23, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, January 22 to 24, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 22, 2003
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 22 to 23, 2003
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 22, 2003
- Winter Weather in Illinois, January 22, 2003
- Winter Weather in Missouri, January 22, 2003
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, January 22 to 23, 2003
- Winter Storm in Montana, January 22, 2003
- Winter Storm in Montana, January 22, 2003
- Winter Weather in Indiana, January 22, 2003
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 22 to 23, 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: 5338481, 5338482, 5338483.