Moderate to heavy lake effect snow showers occurred over portions of central Upper Michigan from the 16th into the 18th.
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The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.
Moderate to heavy lake effect snow showers occurred over portions of central Upper Michigan from the 16th into the 18th.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 winter weather, 3 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.
There were numerous reports of one half inch to inch an hour snowfall rates from lake effect snow. Between Munising and Shingleton four inch snowfall amounts were common.
Between McMillan and Helmer 12-hour snowfall amounts of 5 to 6 inches were reported.
Observers near Steuben and the northwest portion of the county reported 12 inches in 24 hours.
A foot or more of snow was reported over sparsely populated sections of northern Delta County.
Snowfall totals during this period included 22 inches at Trenary, 12 inches at Eben Junction and 11 inches near Chatham.
A spotter northeast of Carlshend measured 14 inches in less than 24 hours while the National Weather Service in Negaunee Township measured 14.2 inches in 24 hours.
Numerous minor traffic accidents were reported due to the snow-packed highways with one minor injury in Forsyth Township on M-35.
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