Heavy Snow in Osceola, Michigan

A media report indicated that ten inches of snow had already fallen one mile south of Evart in Osceola county by 8 a.m. on the 24th. Eight to ten inches of snow fell across roughly the southeast half of Osceola county, with lighter accumulations of around six inches further northwest.

A low pressure system brought heavy wet snow to portions of west central and southwestern lower Michigan. The snow began during the evening hours on February 23rd, continuing through the morning of Friday February 24th before ending from west northwest to east southeast during the late morning and early afternoon hours of the 24th.

The storm dumped a foot of snow in Clare (Clare county). The axis of heaviest snow set up from near Saugatuck in Allegan county north northeast to Clare. Saugatuck received 8 inches of snow. The most significant impacts from the snow were observed well to the north of downtown Grand Rapids, where the heavier snow fell, resulting in several accidents. From near Grand Rapids off to the south, only about 4 to 6 inches of snow fell, much of it melting and compacting late Friday morning and afternoon as temperatures climbed through the 30s.