Heavy Snow, Emmet
- When
- January 22, 12:00 PM EST to January 23, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Emmet forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 45.588, -84.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 22 to 23, 2019
Low pressure moved across Michigan from southwest to northeast on the 23rd. Wintry precipitation came in two waves.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
Low pressure moved across Michigan from southwest to northeast on the 23rd. Wintry precipitation came in two waves. The first brought a few inches of snow to the area on the evening of the 22nd. Then, after a lull overnight, precipitation rates ramped up again during the day on the 23rd. Total snowfall amounts of 7 to 12 inches were common, over a fairly small portion of eastern upper and far northern lower Michigan. The highest amount, around 14 inches, fell near Royston in Montmorency County.
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 Jan 22, 11:39 AM EST, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 11:39 AM EST, 21 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Gaylord MI 346 AM EST Tue Jan 22 2019 LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041- 042-231100- Straits of Mackinac within 5 nm 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 Pt 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- 346 AM EST Tue Jan 22 2019 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...Today and tonight. Accumulating snow will develop across the outlook area later this afternoon and persist through tonight, leading to hazardous travel. Please see latest winter weather advisories for details. Very cold temperatures will result in rapid ice development and potential ice jam formation on area rivers. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Accumulating snow will persist across the region on Wednesday and lead to hazardous travel. Please see latest winter weather advisories for details. Accumulating lake effect snow, gusty winds, areas of blowing snow, and low wind chill temperatures are expected late Thursday on through the weekend, especially in the snowbelts of eastern upper and northwest lower Michigan. Very cold temperatures will result in rapid ice development and potential ice jam formation on area rivers. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report snowfall amounts 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 http://weather.gov/gaylord.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Cheboygan
- When
- January 22, 12:00 PM EST to January 23, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cheboygan forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.473, -84.492 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Presque Isle
- When
- January 22, 12:00 PM EST to January 23, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Presque Isle forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 45.398, -83.843 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Montmorency
- When
- January 22, 12:00 PM EST to January 23, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Montmorency forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.028, -84.127 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Oscoda
- When
- January 22, 12:00 PM EST to January 23, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Oscoda forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 44.682, -84.130 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Mackinac
- When
- January 22, 12:00 PM EST to January 23, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mackinac forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
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
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Wisconsin, January 22 to 23, 2019
- Winter Weather in Michigan, January 22 to 23, 2019
- Winter Weather in Illinois, January 22, 2019
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 22 to 23, 2019
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 22 to 23, 2019
- Winter Storm in Iowa, January 22 to 23, 2019
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, January 22 to 23, 2019
- Winter Weather in Illinois, January 22 to 23, 2019
- Winter Weather in Indiana, January 22 to 23, 2019
- Flooding in Illinois, January 22 to 31, 2019
- Winter Weather in Michigan, January 22, 2019
- High Wind and Winter Weather in New Mexico, January 22, 2019
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 805626, 805627, 805628, 805629, 805630, 805631.