Winter Storm in Michigan, January 10 to 11, 2008

Name: Winter Storm in Michigan, January 10 to 11, 2008
Start: 2008-01-10T19:00
End: 2008-01-11T09:00
Location: Michigan

January 10 to 11, 2008 · NWS APX · 15 events in 15 counties and zones

A strengthening low pressure system moved from the St Louis area toward Lake Huron. Heavy snow occurred just left of the track of the low.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 12 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 15

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.

A strengthening low pressure system moved from the St Louis area toward Lake Huron. Heavy snow occurred just left of the track of the low. Accumulation rates of one to two inches per hour were common in the mid to late evening hours of the 10th, though these rates did not last long in any one place. Accumulations were around six inches in a swath across Northwest and far Northern Lower Michigan. The snow swath continued into Eastern Upper Michigan, with six to nine inches of snow along the I-75 corridor. The highest snowfall amounts, from eight to nine inches, fell from Moran to Sault Ste Marie.

What forecasters said that day

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 Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 10, 6:30 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 6:30 PM EST, 30 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

15 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Manistee

When: January 10, 7:00 PM EST to January 11, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Manistee forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.238, -86.288 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Wexford

When: January 10, 7:00 PM EST to January 11, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Wexford forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.338, -85.578 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Missaukee

When: January 10, 7:00 PM EST to January 11, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Missaukee forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 44.337, -85.095 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Benzie

When: January 10, 8:00 PM EST to January 11, 5:00 AM EST
Where: Benzie forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 44.617, -86.139 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Grand Traverse

When: January 10, 8:00 PM EST to January 11, 5:00 AM EST
Where: Grand Traverse forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 44.716, -85.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Kalkaska

When: January 10, 8:00 PM EST to January 11, 5:00 AM EST
Where: Kalkaska forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 44.685, -85.090 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Crawford

When: January 10, 8:00 PM EST to January 11, 5:00 AM EST
Where: Crawford forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 44.684, -84.610 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Charlevoix

When: January 10, 9:00 PM EST to January 11, 6:00 AM EST
Where: Charlevoix forecast zone
Reported by: Public

Winter Storm, Leelanau

When: January 10, 9:00 PM EST to January 11, 6:00 AM EST
Where: Leelanau forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 45.152, -86.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Antrim

When: January 10, 9:00 PM EST to January 11, 6:00 AM EST
Where: Antrim forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 45.007, -85.176 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Otsego

When: January 10, 9:00 PM EST to January 11, 6:00 AM EST
Where: Otsego forecast zone
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 45.021, -84.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Emmet

When: January 10, 10:00 PM EST to January 11, 7:00 AM EST
Where: Emmet forecast zone
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 45.588, -84.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Cheboygan

When: January 10, 10:00 PM EST to January 11, 8:00 AM EST
Where: Cheboygan forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 45.473, -84.492 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Mackinac

When: January 10, 11:00 PM EST to January 11, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Mackinac forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Storm, Chippewa

When: January 10, 11:00 PM EST to January 11, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Chippewa forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

What these are

Winter Storm: A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Michigan in 2008 Every state in 2008 This day in weather history Warnings in Michigan, January 2008

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: 77712, 77714, 77715, 77708, 77709, 77710, 77711, 77703, 77704, 77705, 77706, 77700, 77701, 77716, 77717.