Heavy Snow, Charlevoix
- When
- February 17, 7:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Charlevoix forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 17, 2005
Cold northwest winds brought heavy lake effect snow to parts of northern Lower Michigan on the 17th. Six to nine inches of snow was common in the snowbelts.
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
- 5
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.
Cold northwest winds brought heavy lake effect snow to parts of northern Lower Michigan on the 17th. Six to nine inches of snow was common in the snowbelts. The highest accumulation, nine inches, was in Central Lake.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Antrim
- When
- February 17, 8:00 AM EST to 9:00 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, Otsego
- When
- February 17, 5:30 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Otsego forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 45.021, -84.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Crawford
- When
- February 17, 7:30 PM EST to 9:00 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
- February 17, 7:30 PM EST to 9:00 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.
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The same day elsewhere
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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5441719, 5441718, 5441717, 5441720, 5441721.