Heavy Snow — Sanilac, Michigan

2019-11-11 to 2019-11-12 · Sanilac, Michigan

Wider weather episode

A long duration heavy snow event impacted southeast Michigan on Veterans day 2019. The storm peaked during the noon/early afternoon time-frame when 1 per hour snowfall occurred over the western and northern suburbs of Detroit. Meanwhile, northerly flow off of Lake Huron allowed for lake-enhanced snowfall rates over the Thumb, especially over areas on the northern and eastern shorelines with some locations seeing over a foot of snow. In general, most of southeast Michigan saw between 6-12 inches of snow, with less than 6 inches over Tri-Cities region and near the southern Michigan border.

Here are some of the higher snowfall totals reported:

Lexington... 14.0 inches

Port Huron... 14.0 inches

Bad Axe... 12.0 inches

Ann Arbor... 11.0 inches

Shelby Township... 11.0 inches

Sterling Heights... 10.0 inches

Wixom... 10.0 inches

Elba... 9.5 inches

Romulus (Detroit Metro)... 9.2 inches

Flint Bishop Airport... 9.0 inches

Pinckney... 8.2 inches

Caro... 7.5 inches.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 859356. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.