Heavy lake effect snow showers dumped at least a foot of snow accumulation in several hours over portions of the Keweenaw Peninsula on the afternoon of the 21st.
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The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.
Heavy lake effect snow showers dumped at least a foot of snow accumulation in several hours over portions of the Keweenaw Peninsula on the afternoon of the 21st.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.
The observer in Ahmeek estimated twelve inches of snow accumulation in four hours on the afternoon of the 21st.
The observer in Laurium estimated twelve inches of snow accumulation in four hours on the afternoon of the 21st.
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