Moderate to heavy lake effect snow occurred across portions of west and central Upper Michigan from the evening of the 10th through the morning of the 12th.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.
Moderate to heavy lake effect snow occurred across portions of west and central Upper Michigan from the evening of the 10th through the morning of the 12th.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 winter storm, 1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
The observer in Ironwood measured 10 inches of lake effect snow in 24 hours.
There was a social media report of an estimated 16 inches of snow in approximately 27 hours at Forest Lake. The spotter ten miles south of Grand Marais measured 11 inches of snow in 24 hours. Two inch per hour snowfall rates were reported in Rumely during the event.
An estimated 12 to 16 inches of lake effect snow fell in approximately 28 hours over northern Schoolcraft County.
An estimated 12 to 18 inches of lake effect snow fell over portions of southern Schoolcraft County mainly from Steuben to Germfask in an approximate 24-hour period. The highest observed total was near Steuben where an estimated 18 inches of snow fell.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, November 2019
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: 864425, 864428, 864429, 864430.