Michigan, 2018

Heavy Snow in Michigan, November 25 to 26, 2018

November 25 to 26, 2018 · NWS DTX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Weakening low pressure tracked through the southern Great Lake Region bringing the first significant snowfall for parts of southeast Michigan. Tuscola and Saginaw counties both had reports of 7 inches or greater of snow, but amounts quickly tapered off as one headed southeast, with Monroe, Lenawee, Wayne, Macomb, and St.

Where it happened

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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 DTX wrote it up.

Weakening low pressure tracked through the southern Great Lake Region bringing the first significant snowfall for parts of southeast Michigan. Tuscola and Saginaw counties both had reports of 7 inches or greater of snow, but amounts quickly tapered off as one headed southeast, with Monroe, Lenawee, Wayne, Macomb, and St. Clair counties all seeing less than 1 inch. Here are a couple of the higher snowfall totals reported:|Burt 7.5 |Caro 7.0|Bridgeport 6.0.

The radar

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Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Saginaw

When
November 25, 11:00 PM EST to November 26, 12:00 PM EST
Where
Saginaw forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
43.335, -84.053 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Tuscola

When
November 25, 11:00 PM EST to November 26, 12:00 PM EST
Where
Tuscola forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
43.491, -83.440 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Heavy Snow
Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

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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: 791877, 791878.