Blizzard — Southern Berrien County, Michigan

2022-12-22 to 2022-12-24 · Southern Berrien County, Michigan

Event narrative

A major winter storm brought snow and blowing snow that led to blizzard conditions at times from early Friday morning through early Saturday evening. Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 8 to 14 inches. A CoCoRaHS observer reported 15.0 inches of snow accumulation 1 mile south southeast of Bertrand, MI. Widespread blowing and drifting snow led to blizzard conditions at times with wind gusts as high as 50 mph. Numerous slide-offs and accidents were reported which included Interstate 94. Travel became very difficult to impossible with several road closures reported.

Wider weather episode

A long duration winter storm affected southern Lower Michigan with multiple hazards including heavy snow, blowing snow, strong winds, whiteouts, and dangerous wind chills. Blizzard conditions were experienced across portions of northwest and north central Indiana. Snowfall amounts ranged from 8 to 16 inches across far southwest Lower Michigan to 2 to 4 inches across south central Lower Michigan. The storm brought very difficult to impossible travel conditions across the area. High impacts to travel were reported even across areas which experienced the lower snowfall totals. Dangerous winds chills of 20 below to 35 below zero were reported from late Friday night through late Saturday night.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1062829. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.