Ice Storm — Eaton, Michigan

2013-12-21 to 2013-12-22 · Eaton, Michigan

Event narrative

An ice storm brought a half to three quarters of an inch of ice accumulation across nearly all of Eaton county, causing widespread power outages and downed trees, tree limbs and lines. At one point over 15,000 people were without power in Eaton county alone, and thousands of people did not have power restored until 5 to 6 days after the storm hit.

Wider weather episode

An Ice Storm affected portions of Southern Lower Michigan from December 21-22. Ice accumulations of one half to three quarters of an inch occurred across much of Barry, Eaton, Clinton, Ingham, and northern Calhoun and Jackson counties.

This resulted in a very prolonged power outage that affected hundreds of thousands of residents across Lower Michigan. Many people did not have power restored until 4 to 6 days after the ice storm hit. In addition there was widespread damage in the form of downed trees and tree limbs across the area. A total of 60 million dollars in estimated insured losses occurred across Michigan from this storm with approximately 36 million of this being in SW lower Michigan.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 485018. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.