Michigan, 2019

Winter Weather in Michigan, February 23, 2019

February 23, 2019 · NWS MQT · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

An upper disturbance moving across the Upper Great Lakes brought moderate snow to east half portions of Upper Michigan on the 23rd.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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 MQT wrote it up.

An upper disturbance moving across the Upper Great Lakes brought moderate snow to east half portions of Upper Michigan on the 23rd.

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 Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 22, 11:33 PM CST, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 11:33 PM CST, 27 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

5 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Menominee

When
February 23, 12:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
Where
Menominee forecast zone
Reported by
Social Media
Coordinates
45.525, -87.510 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was a social media report of nearly five inches of wet snow in ten hours at Daggett.

Winter Weather, Alger

When
February 23, 4:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where
Alger forecast zone
Reported by
Social Media
Coordinates
46.451, -86.548 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was a report of an estimated five inches of wet snow in ten hours at Christmas and Eben Junction.

Winter Weather, Dickinson

When
February 23, 6:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
Where
Dickinson forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
46.009, -87.870 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The observer in Norway measured three inches of wet snow in six hours.

Winter Weather, Delta

When
February 23, 8:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where
Delta forecast zone
Reported by
Social Media
Coordinates
45.792, -86.871 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was a public report of four inches of wet snow in five hours just south of Trenary.

Winter Weather, Marquette

When
February 23, 9:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where
Marquette forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
46.663, -87.573 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A fairly widespread three to four inches of wet snow fell across much of the county in approximately five hours.

What these are

Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

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

The same day elsewhere

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 810259, 810273, 810275, 810268, 810262.