Michigan, 2022

Winter Storm in Michigan, November 18 to 20, 2022

November 18 to 20, 2022 · NWS APX · 11 events in 11 counties and zones

Longwave troughing encompassing much of the northeast CONUS continued to pivot over the region for several days, providing support for a weak area of low pressure to slide across southern Ontario. This system provided southwesterly lake enhanced snowfall across the Tip of the Mitt and the far eastern upper peninsula 11/18 into 11/19.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 11 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
11

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.

Longwave troughing encompassing much of the northeast CONUS continued to pivot over the region for several days, providing support for a weak area of low pressure to slide across southern Ontario. This system provided southwesterly lake enhanced snowfall across the Tip of the Mitt and the far eastern upper peninsula 11/18 into 11/19. Low-level winds then shifted more westerly/west-northwesterly later in the day 11/19, refocusing lake effect snowfall to the typical lake effect snowbelts. Snowfall amounts in the 8-10 inch range was measured across much of northwest lower and eastern upper Michigan.

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 18, 7:48 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 7:48 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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In the hours before

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The radar

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Event by event

11 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Eastern Mackinac County

When
November 18, 9:00 PM EST to November 19, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Eastern Mackinac County forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
45.872, -84.762 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Southeast Chippewa County

When
November 18, 9:00 PM EST to November 19, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Southeast Chippewa County forecast zone
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
46.328, -84.529 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Emmet

When
November 19, 6:00 AM EST to November 20, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Emmet forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
45.588, -84.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Clarlevoix County

When
November 19, 6:00 AM EST to November 20, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Clarlevoix County forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
45.267, -85.240 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Leelanau

When
November 19, 6:00 AM EST to November 20, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Leelanau forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
45.152, -86.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Grand Traverse

When
November 19, 9:00 AM EST to November 20, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Grand Traverse forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
44.716, -85.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Antrim

When
November 19, 9:00 AM EST to November 20, 10:00 AM EST
Where
Antrim forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
45.007, -85.176 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Otsego

When
November 19, 11:00 AM EST to November 20, 1:00 PM EST
Where
Otsego forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
45.021, -84.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Crawford

When
November 19, 11:00 AM EST to November 20, 1:00 PM EST
Where
Crawford forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
44.684, -84.610 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Central Chippewa County

When
November 19, 6:00 PM EST to November 20, 10:00 AM EST
Where
Central Chippewa County forecast zone
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
46.328, -84.529 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Western Chippewa County

When
November 19, 8:00 PM EST to November 20, 10:00 AM EST
Where
Western Chippewa County forecast zone
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
46.328, -84.529 (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

More

Every storm in Michigan in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, November 2022

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: 1067790, 1067791, 1067809, 1067810, 1067813, 1067824, 1067825, 1067827, 1067830, 1067833, 1067831.