Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 27 to 28, 2003

Name: Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 27 to 28, 2003
Start: 2003-01-27T18:00
End: 2003-01-28T10:00
Location: Michigan

January 27 to 28, 2003 · NWS APX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

An area of low pressure moved into the Great Lakes region on the 27th. Lake enhanced snows off Lake Michigan produced 12 inches of snow across portions of western Mackinac County.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 into the Great Lakes region on the 27th. Lake enhanced snows off Lake Michigan produced 12 inches of snow across portions of western Mackinac County.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Mackinac

When: January 27, 6:00 PM EST to January 28, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Mackinac forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

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

Every storm in Michigan in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5338490.