Lake-Effect Snow in Michigan, November 16 to 17, 2014

Name: Lake-Effect Snow in Michigan, November 16 to 17, 2014
Start: 2014-11-16T18:00
End: 2014-11-17T09:00
Location: Michigan

November 16 to 17, 2014 · NWS APX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Another burst of heavy lake effect snow fell on the night of the 16th. The winds were a little more southerly than the previous, pushing the best snows into Mackinac County.

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.

Another burst of heavy lake effect snow fell on the night of the 16th. The winds were a little more southerly than the previous, pushing the best snows into Mackinac County. One to two feet of snow fell near and just north of St Ignace.

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 Nov 16, 4:13 PM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 4:13 PM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 16, 4:40 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
440 PM EST SUN NOV 16 2014

LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041-
042-171100-
STRAITS OF MACKINAC WITHIN 5NM OF MACKINAC BRIDGE INCLUDING
MACKINAC ISLAND-ST IGNACE TO FALSE DETOUR CHANNEL-
5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT MI INCLUDING
BOIS BLANC ISLAND-
PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON PT MI INCLUDING THUNDER BAY
NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI-
GRAND TRAVERSE BAY SOUTH OF A LINE GRAND TRAVERSE LIGHT TO
NORWOOD MI-SEUL CHOIX POINT TO 5NM WEST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE-
NORWOOD MI TO 5NM WEST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE INCLUDING LITTLE
TRAVERSE BAY-SLEEPING BEAR POINT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LIGHT MI-
POINT BETSIE TO SLEEPING BEAR POINT MI-
MANISTEE TO POINT BETSIE MI-
WHITEFISH BAY (U.S. PORTION)/WHITEFISH POINT TO POINT IROQUOIS MI-
ST. MARYS RIVER POINT IROQUOIS TO E. POTAGANNISSING BAY-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-
440 PM EST SUN NOV 16 2014

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.

ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE STRAITS
REGION AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. SEE ONGOING LAKE EFFECT ADVISORIES
FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT
INTO TUESDAY ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. GUSTY
WINDS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SEE
ONGOING LAKE EFFECT AND WINTER STORM WATCHES FOR DETAILS.

GALE FORCE WIND ARE EXPECTED ON THE GREAT LAKES LATE MONDAY INTO
TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF SNOWFALL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. REPORTS MAY BE MADE ONE OF THREE WAYS:

ONLINE: WEATHER.GOV/GAYLORD
FACEBOOK: FACEBOOK.COM/NWSGAYLORD
TWITTER: TWITTER.COM/NWSGAYLORD

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WEATHER.GOV/GAYLORD.

ADAM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 16, 12:04 PM EST, 5 hours 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1204 PM EST SUN NOV 16 2014

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1130 AM     HEAVY SNOW       1 WSW PESHAWBESTOWN     45.01N 85.64W
11/16/2014  M9.0 INCH        LEELANAU           MI   PUBLIC

            HEAVY SNOW DURATION 18 HOURS.

&&

NWS GAYLORD MI
IRIS SYSTEM

Local storm report, Nov 16, 4:23 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
423 PM EST SUN NOV 16 2014

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0420 PM     SNOW             4 WSW BLISS             45.66N 84.93W
11/16/2014  M10.0 INCH       EMMET              MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SNOWFALL OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. 6.5 INCHES
            HAS FALLEN SINCE 6 AM.

&&

NWS GAYLORD MI
IRIS SYSTEM

Event by event

1 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Lake-Effect Snow, Mackinac

When: November 16, 6:00 PM EST to November 17, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Mackinac forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer

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

Every storm in Michigan in 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history Warnings in Michigan, November 2014

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: 550286.