Michigan, 2019

Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 14 to 15, 2019

February 14 to 15, 2019 · NWS APX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Weak low pressure would slowly organize as it moved east from Iowa. Initial light snow gave way to heavy snow as the system made its closest approach on the night of the 14th.

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.

Weak low pressure would slowly organize as it moved east from Iowa. Initial light snow gave way to heavy snow as the system made its closest approach on the night of the 14th. The heaviest snowfall fell in eastern upper Michigan, mainly near and east of I-75. Hulbert picked up 11 inches of snow, while St Ignace, Hessel, Kinross, and Drummond Island were all in the 8 to 10 inch range.

Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Chippewa

When
February 14, 9:00 PM EST to February 15, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Chippewa forecast zone
Reported by
Amateur Radio

Heavy Snow, Mackinac

When
February 14, 9:00 PM EST to February 15, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Mackinac forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS

What these are

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

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Michigan in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, February 2019

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 811468, 811469.