Lake-Effect Snow, Leelanau
- When
- February 23, 6:00 PM EST to February 24, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Leelanau forecast zone
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 45.152, -86.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lake-Effect Snow in Michigan, February 23 to 24, 2010
Chilly north-northeast winds (behind a departing low pressure system) kicked off lake effect snow showers. The strongest band hugged portions of the Lake Michigan coastline, dumping 7 inches of snow on the town of Empire.
Where it happened
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- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
Chilly north-northeast winds (behind a departing low pressure system) kicked off lake effect snow showers. The strongest band hugged portions of the Lake Michigan coastline, dumping 7 inches of snow on the town of Empire.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heavy Snow in Texas, February 23, 2010
- Avalanche in Colorado, February 23, 2010
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 23 to 25, 2010
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, February 23 to 24, 2010
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New York, February 23 to 24, 2010
- Winter Storm and Heavy Rain in California, February 23 to 24, 2010
- Strong Wind in California, February 23 to 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, February 23 to 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 23 to 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow in Texas, February 23, 2010
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, February 23 to 26, 2010
- Heavy Snow in Texas, February 23, 2010
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, February 2010
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: 215001.