Lake-Effect Snow, Leelanau
- When
- February 12, 3:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Leelanau forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.152, -86.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lake-Effect Snow in Michigan, February 12, 2006
Lake effect snow showers on weak west-northwest winds dumped locally heavy snow in Leelanau County. Lake Leelanau, Leland, and Maple City all saw between six and eight inches of snow.
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
- 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.
Lake effect snow showers on weak west-northwest winds dumped locally heavy snow in Leelanau County. Lake Leelanau, Leland, and Maple City all saw between six and eight inches of snow.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Lake-Effect Snow
- Heavy snow in bands downwind of a large lake as cold air crosses warmer water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Coastal Flood and High Surf in New Jersey, February 12, 2006
- Storm Surge and Blizzard in Massachusetts, February 12, 2006
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Rhode Island, February 12, 2006
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, February 12, 2006
- Heavy Snow in District of Columbia, February 12, 2006
- Winter Storm in New Jersey, February 12, 2006
- Winter Weather in Georgia, February 12 to 13, 2006
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 12, 2006
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 12, 2006
- Wildfire in Texas, February 12, 2006
- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 12, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 12, 2006
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, February 2006
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5492578.