Michigan, 2019Winter 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.
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- 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.
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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- 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.
- 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.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Wisconsin, February 23 to 24, 20191 death · 71 injured · 52 kt wind · 28 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, February 23, 20192 deaths · 11 injured · $2.1 million · EF3 · 17 events
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Tennessee, February 23 to 24, 20191 death · $63 million · 23 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, February 23, 2019$1.5 million · EF2 · 3 events
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 23 to 25, 2019$17 million · 10 events
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Michigan, February 23 to 25, 2019$1.2 million · 26 events
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Tennessee, February 23, 2019$526,000 · 50 kt wind · 11 events
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Minnesota, February 23 to 24, 2019$548,000 · 7 events
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Wisconsin, February 23 to 24, 2019$360,000 · 7 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kentucky, February 23 to 24, 2019$107,000 · 28 events
- Blizzard and Winter Weather in Nebraska, February 23, 20194 injured · 15 events
- Blizzard in Iowa, February 23 to 24, 201930 events
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.