Heavy Snow, Charlevoix
- When
- January 25, 7:00 PM EST to January 26, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Charlevoix forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 25 to 26, 2003
An area of low pressure moved just north of the Great Lakes region early on the 25th. Heavy lake effect snows off Lake Superior and Lake Michigan broke out on the back side of the low later on the 25th and continued into the morning on the 26th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 6
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 just north of the Great Lakes region early on the 25th. Heavy lake effect snows off Lake Superior and Lake Michigan broke out on the back side of the low later on the 25th and continued into the morning on the 26th. Widespread snowfall totals of 8 to 12 inches were reported across northeast Upper Michigan and northwest Lower Michigan.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Otsego
- When
- January 25, 7:00 PM EST to January 26, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Otsego forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.021, -84.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Antrim
- When
- January 25, 8:00 PM EST to January 26, 12:00 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, Chippewa
- When
- January 26, 3:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chippewa forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Crawford
- When
- January 26, 3:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Crawford forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.684, -84.610 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Kalkaska
- When
- January 26, 3:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kalkaska forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.685, -85.090 (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
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: 5338484, 5338485, 5338486, 5338487, 5338488, 5338489.