Winter Weather — Menominee, Michigan

2014-11-24 · Menominee, Michigan

Event narrative

There was a public report via social media of 3 to 4 inches of snow at Carney in a 6-hour period. The snow-covered slippery roads also lead to a fatal accident on Highway US-41 near Daggett when a minivan lost control and skidded into the path of a semitrailer. Three passengers in the minivan were killed and the driver of the minivan was critically injured and later transported to a Green Bay hospital.

Wider weather episode

A low pressure system tracking from the Southern Plains into the Upper Great Lakes produced moderate to heavy lake effect snow over portions of west and central Upper Michigan from the 24th into the 27th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 549591. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.