Lake-Effect Snow, Antrim
- When
- January 15, 1:00 AM EST to January 16, 9:30 AM EST
- Where
- Antrim forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.007, -85.176 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lake-Effect Snow in Michigan, January 15 to 16, 2009
Cold northwest winds off of Lake Michigan generated locally heavy lake effect snow in parts of Northwest Lower Michigan. Mancelona and Twin Lakes picked up from 6 to 12 inches of snow on the 15th and early on the 16th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Cold northwest winds off of Lake Michigan generated locally heavy lake effect snow in parts of Northwest Lower Michigan. Mancelona and Twin Lakes picked up from 6 to 12 inches of snow on the 15th and early on the 16th.
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 14, 11:42 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 11:42 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 14, 4:36 PM EST, 8 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 436 PM EST WED JAN 14 2009 LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041-042- 151100- STRAITS OF MACKINAC-ST IGNACE TO FALSE DETOUR CHANNEL- MACKINAC BRDG TO PRESQUE ISLE LT-PRESQUE ISLE LT TO STURGEON PT- STURGEON PT TO ALABASTER-GRAND TRAVERSE BAY- SEUL CHOIX PT TO MACKINAC BRDG-NORWOOD TO MACKINAC BRDG- SLEEPING BEAR PT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LT-PT BETSIE TO SLEEPING BEAR PT- MANISTEE TO PT BETSIE-WHITEFISH BAY-ST. MARYS RIVER-CHIPPEWA- MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM- OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD- OSCODA-ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO- GLADWIN-ARENAC- 436 PM EST WED JAN 14 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...AND ADJACENT NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN...LAKE HURON AND LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT VERY COLD AIR WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE LOWEST WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. SEE ONGOING WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR DETAILS. PERSISTENT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT PRODUCING PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WIND CHILL READINGS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 BELOW ZERO WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY MORNING. SEE ONGOING WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR DETAILS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE SNOWBELTS OF EASTERN UPPER AND NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND LOCALIZED HEAVIER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE WHITEFISH POINT AREA IN WESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OR TEMPERATURES AT ANY TIME. ADAM
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Lake-Effect Snow, Kalkaska
- When
- January 15, 1:00 AM EST to January 16, 9:30 AM EST
- Where
- Kalkaska forecast zone
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 44.685, -85.090 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Lake-Effect Snow
- Heavy snow in bands downwind of a large lake as cold air crosses warmer water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Extreme Cold in Illinois, January 15 to 16, 2009
- Cold in Wisconsin, January 15 to 16, 2009
- Extreme Cold in Ohio, January 15 to 16, 2009
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, January 15 to 17, 2009
- Extreme Cold in Wisconsin, January 15 to 16, 2009
- Extreme Cold in Ohio, January 15 to 18, 2009
- Extreme Cold in Kentucky, January 15, 2009
- Extreme Cold in Illinois, January 15, 2009
- Extreme Cold in Pennsylvania, January 15 to 17, 2009
- Extreme Cold in Missouri, January 15, 2009
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 15, 2009
- Extreme Cold in Indiana, January 15, 2009
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, January 2009
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 150546, 150547.