This relatively minor ice event proved to be a precursor to the more significant icing that would take place the following morning. Around a tenth of an inch of ice was reported across the southern counties.
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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.
The episode as NWS DTX wrote it up.
This relatively minor ice event proved to be a precursor to the more significant icing that would take place the following morning. Around a tenth of an inch of ice was reported across the southern counties. A mixture of light freezing rain, sleet, and snow fell along the M59 corridor with up to a tenth of an inch of ice and minor sleet and snow accumulations. Elsewhere in Southeast Michigan, mainly light snow fell with a general 1 to 2 inches. No power outages or tree damages were reported. But with temperatures hovering around 30 degrees, bridges and overpasses froze over and led to numerous car accidents. A portion of I75 was closed for several hours in both directions after a 20 car collision on the slippery Rouge River bridge. Several trauma injuries (indirect) were reported. No fatalities were reported.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Light freezing rain led to numerous traffic accidents.
Light freezing rain led to numerous traffic accidents.
Light freezing rain led to numerous traffic accidents.
Light freezing rain led to numerous traffic accidents.
A mixture of light freezing rain, sleet, and snow led to numerous traffic accidents.
A mixture of light freezing rain, sleet, and snow led to numerous traffic accidents.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, January 2007
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: 13683, 13684, 13686, 13689, 13691, 13692.