Winter Weather — Lapeer, Michigan

2007-04-04 to 2007-04-05 · Lapeer, Michigan

Wider weather episode

A very cold airmass blasted into the region, leading to intense lake effect snow squalls from Saginaw to Flint and east into Lapeer County. The squalls were narrow but intense bands that dumped up to 4 inches of snow in some areas with only trace amounts in other areas. The snow was also accompanied by wind gusts up to 40 MPH which created brief periods of near whiteout conditions. The snow squalls caused numerous accidents and multiple spinouts beginning early Wednesday evening, April 4th. The accidents continued through the night and into Thursday morning, April 5th. There were 43 weather related accidents reported in Saginaw County, at least 14 in Bay County, 46 in Lapeer County, and numerous accidents and spinouts in Genesee County. Several roads were closed, including a stretch of Interstate 75 near Birch Run after a large number of vehicles crashed on both lanes of the icy expressway. A 19 year old male was killed after an oncoming vehicle lost control on an icy road in Lapeer County (indirect). At least 2 people were critically injured in other accidents (indirect).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 29996. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.