Michigan, 2022

Winter Storm in Michigan, November 17 to 18, 2022

November 17 to 18, 2022 · NWS APX · 9 events in 9 counties and zones

Expansive troughing settled over the Great Lakes for several days, providing varied times of favorable forcing aloft as embedded shortwaves pivoted through the main flow. Weak winds, cold air temperatures, and relatively warm lake surface temperatures also combined to create a favorable environment for mesoscale lows to develop over the open waters.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
9

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.

Expansive troughing settled over the Great Lakes for several days, providing varied times of favorable forcing aloft as embedded shortwaves pivoted through the main flow. Weak winds, cold air temperatures, and relatively warm lake surface temperatures also combined to create a favorable environment for mesoscale lows to develop over the open waters. Multiple lows developed over the course of 11/17 and 11/18, the most impressive one dropping 24 inches of snow across portions of Charlevoix and Antrim county over a 12 hour period overnight. Areas across Emmet and Cheboygan counties measured 16 inches of snow with other counties also measuring around 10 inches or more.

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 Nov 17, 12:01 AM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 17, 12:01 AM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

9 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Manistee

When
November 17, 3:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where
Manistee forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
44.238, -86.288 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Benzie

When
November 17, 3:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where
Benzie forecast zone
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
44.617, -86.139 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Wexford

When
November 17, 3:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where
Wexford forecast zone
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
44.338, -85.578 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Emmet

When
November 17, 10:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where
Emmet forecast zone
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
45.588, -84.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Clarlevoix County

When
November 17, 10:00 AM EST to November 18, 7:00 AM EST
Where
Clarlevoix County forecast zone
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
45.267, -85.240 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Cheboygan

When
November 17, 11:00 AM EST to November 18, 2:00 AM EST
Where
Cheboygan forecast zone
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
45.473, -84.492 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Montmorency

When
November 17, 11:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where
Montmorency forecast zone
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
45.028, -84.127 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Presque Isle

When
November 17, 2:00 PM EST to November 18, 3:00 AM EST
Where
Presque Isle forecast zone
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
45.398, -83.843 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Antrim

When
November 17, 8:00 PM EST to November 18, 12:00 PM EST
Where
Antrim forecast zone
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
45.007, -85.176 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Storm
A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1067770, 1067773, 1067781, 1067771, 1067777, 1067772, 1067788, 1067776, 1067780.