Winter Storm — Van Buren, Michigan

2023-03-03 to 2023-03-04 · Van Buren, Michigan

Event narrative

Six inches of snow fell across far eastern Van Buren county with lesser amounts further west.

Wider weather episode

A winter storm brought heavy, wet snow to southern Lower Michigan from the afternoon of March 3 into the early morning hours of March 4. The storm produced a swath of six to ten inches of snow from Kalamazoo and Battle Creek east toward Lansing and Jackson. The weight of the snow on trees and power lines led to around 350,000 power outages across southeast sections of the state.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1083093. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.