Lake effect snow resulted in 7 to 12 inches of total snowfall across portions of far southwest lower Michigan. The highest snowfall total came from Van Buren county where portions of that county received a foot of snow.
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The episode as NWS GRR wrote it up.
Lake effect snow resulted in 7 to 12 inches of total snowfall across portions of far southwest lower Michigan. The highest snowfall total came from Van Buren county where portions of that county received a foot of snow.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 27, 4:05 PM EST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 405 PM EST SAT JAN 27 2007 CONTINUED WITH EXISTING HEADLINES. THE SNOW IS ALREADY MORE ORGANIZED THAN MODELS FORECASTED. WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY HAS FORMED ACROSS SOUTHWEST PARTS OF LOWER MI. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES NEAR BIV. BASED OFF RADAR INVERSION HEIGHTS UP NEAR 10K FT WITH A WESTERLY FLOW. THE FLOW WILL TURN NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TRACKS THROUGH SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING...ENHANCING THE SNOWFALL. BEST ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY HOLLAND SOUTH TO LWA. THE SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE U.P. ALSO HAS WELL ORGANIZED SNOWFALL OUT AHEAD OF IT. VSBYS IN NW LOWER HAVE FALLEN TO 1/4 MI OR LESS AT BELLAIRE AND HTL. THIS FEATURE SLIPS SOUTH THROUGH THE LAKESHORE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND SUN AM. AT THE SAME TIME INSTABILITY WILL BE INCREASING ACROSS LAKE MI BECOMING MODERATE WITH THE 850 MB TEMPS FALLING TO -15 DEG C. MOISTURE DEPTHS ACTUALLY INCREASE TO 20K FT...WHICH SHOULD LEAD TO SOME RATHER IMPRESSIVE RATES ONCE COMES THROUGH. BTL NOW DOWN TO 1/4SM +SN. THESE TYPES OF SETUPS WITH FAVORABLE LAKE EFFECT AND SYNOPTIC FEATURES ADDING LIFT AND RAISING INVERSION HEIGHTS TYPICALLY GIVE US WARNING TYPE SNOWFALL...SO NO CHANGES TO THE HEADLINES. WINDS STILL DO SHIFT BEHIND THE SURFACE WAVE SUN...AND A LULL IN THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED. THAT IS WHY I USED THE TERM OCCASIONAL IN THE FORECAST. THE SNOWFALL SHOULD WIND DOWN SUN NIGHT AS THE AXIS OF BETTER MOISTURE SHIFTS INLAND. FOR MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT...WILL NEED TO MONITOR THE NEXT SHORTWAVE THAT TRACKS NEAR THE REGION. AM SEEING SOME MID LEVEL FGEN AND RATHER DEEP MOISTURE. COULD END UP BEING ANOTHER ACCUMULATING SNOW EVENT FOR SOUTHERN COUNTIES. .LONG TERM... A POLAR VORTEX WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE HUDSON BAY REGION THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPLY THE GREAT LAKES REGION WITH CHILLY AIR WHICH WILL MAINTAIN THE CHANCES OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS MUCH OF THE WEEK. RATHER DEEP MOISTURE WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY SO WILL GO WITH HIGH CHC POPS ON TUESDAY WITH NW FLOW AND H8 TEMPS AROUND -18C. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE TN VALLEY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WHICH MAY DISRUPT THE SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY SOMEWHAT...SO WILL HAVE LOWER POPS IN THESE PERIODS. IT COULD BE A VERY COLD NIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT IF WE EXPERIENCE ANY CLEARING. FOR NOW WILL HAVE SINGLE DIGIT LOWS INLAND AND IN THE TEENS ALONG THE LAKESHORE. THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS HAVE REMAINED CONSISTENT SHOWING ANOTHER SHORT WAVE COMING ACROSS THE REGION IN THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY TIME FRAME. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER WAVE THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR OTTAWA...ALLEGAN...AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MASON...OCEANA...MUSKEGON AND KALAMAZOO COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. && MJS JK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 105 PM EST SAT JAN 27 2007 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-281100- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 105 PM EST SAT JAN 27 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST LAKE EFFECT ACTIVITY WILL BE ALONG THE LAKESHORE FROM HOLLAND SOUTH THROUGH SOUTH HAVEN AND COVERT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR OVER ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY MORNING RANGING FROM AROUND AN INCH INLAND TO AS MUCH AS 4 OR 5 INCHES TOWARD LAKE MICHIGAN. TRAVEL COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE LOCALLY TONIGHT NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF HOLLAND. TOTALS BY SUNDAY EVENING COULD TOP 8 INCHES FROM SAUGATUCK TO SOUTH HAVEN. ADDITIONAL LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WORKING WORK WEEK. MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW APPEARS LIKELY...AT LEAST ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 131 THROUGH THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME. LMZ844>849-281100- ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND- HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL- WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE- 105 PM EST SAT JAN 27 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WAVES OF 3 TO 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED ON LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FEET TONIGHT. WAVES OF THIS HEIGHT POSE A HAZARD TO SMALLER CRAFT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY LARGE WAVES WILL PERSIST INTO SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. DUKE MJS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Up to seven inches of lake effect snow was reported.
Up to ten inches of lake effect snow was reported.
Up to twelve inches of lake effect snow was reported.
Up to ten inches of lake effect snow was reported.
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 14094, 14095, 14096, 14097.