Final Snowfall Totals from the 2008 New Years Day Snowstorm
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
SNOWFALL REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
220 PM EST TUE JAN 01 2008
NEW YEARS DAY 2008 WILL GO DOWN AS NOT ONLY THE SNOWIEST NEW YEARS
ON RECORD...BUT ALSO AS ONE OF THE MOST INTENSE SNOWSTORMS IN
RECORDED HISTORY OVER A LARGE SECTION OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN.
BETWEEN 12 AND 16 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN A SWATH ORIENTED SOUTHWEST
TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA...ROUGHLY FROM BRIGHTON IN SOUTH
LIVINGSTON COUNTY TO LEXINGTON IN SOUTHEAST ST CLAIR COUNTY.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS QUICKLY TAPERED OFF BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF THIS
AREA.
A TIGHTLY PACKED LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
VICINITY OF DOWNTOWN DETROIT DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. HEAVY
SNOW FELL TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF THIS TRACK AND FELL STEADILY AT A
RATE OF NEARLY 2 INCHES PER HOUR FROM ROUGHLY MIDNIGHT TO 7AM.
SNOWFALL RATES ACTUALLY APPROACHED 4 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES
BETWEEN 4AM AND 6AM ALONG THE M59 AND I69 CORRIDORS. THERE WERE ALSO
SEVERAL REPORTS OF THUNDERSNOW DURING THE SAME TIMEFRAME. THE BULK
OF THE SNOWFALL...INCLUDING THE REPORTS IN EXCESS OF ONE FOOT...FELL
IN LESS THAN 7 HOURS...MAKING THIS TRULY ONE OF THE MOST INTENSE
SNOWS ON RECORD.
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THIS UNUSUALLY
ROBUST AND QUICK HITTING SNOWSTORM.
NEW SNOWFALL REPORTS
NEW PERIOD STORM SNOW
LOCATION SNOW (HRS) TOTAL DEPTH LAT LON
...LAPEER...
DRYDEN 16.0 42.94N 83.12W
IMLAY CITY 13.0 43.01N 83.07W
ELBA 8.0
NORTH BRANCH 6.5 43.22N 83.19W
...ST CLAIR...
CAPAC 16.0 43.01N 82.92W
YALE 13.0 43.12N 82.79W
BLAINE 12.0
RUBY 9.0 43.04N 82.60W
...SANILAC...
LEXINGTON 12.3 43.26N 82.53W
MARLETTE 7.5 43.32N 83.08W
...LIVINGSTON...
GREGORY 12.0
BRIGHTON 12.0 42.53N 83.78W
HOWELL 10.0 42.60N 83.93W
...OAKLAND...
LAKE ORION 15.5 42.78N 83.24W
CLARKSTON 15.5 42.73N 83.42W
WHITE LAKE 13.2 42.65N 83.50W
HIGHLAND 12.0 42.63N 83.61W
MILFORD 12.0 42.58N 83.60W
WATERFORD 11.5 42.66N 83.38W
AUBURN HILLS 11.0
HOLLY 9.0 42.79N 83.62W
WALLED LAKE 9.0
FARMINGTON HILLS 7.5
...GENESEE...
5 NE OF FLINT 9.5 43.02N 83.69W
GRAND BLANC 9.5
FLINT BISHOP AIRPORT 8.6
...MACOMB...
ARMADA 9.0
UTICA 6.5 42.62N 83.02W
STERLING HEIGHTS 3.0 42.58N 83.03W
FRASER 4.0 42.53N 82.94W
EASTPOINTE 2.0
...WASHTENAW...
ANN ARBOR 10.5
WHITMORE LAKE 10.4 42.42N 83.74W
CHELSEA 10.0 42.31N 84.02W
MANCHESTER 6.8 42.14N 84.03W
YPSILANTI 6.5 42.24N 83.62W
...WAYNE...
PLYMOUTH 7.0
CANTON 7.0
NORTHVILLE 7.0
WESTLAND 5.0 42.31N 83.38W
DETROIT METRO AIRPORT 4.0
DETROIT CITY 4.0
WYANDOTTE 1.7
...LENAWEE...
2 SE OF CEMENT CITY 9.5 42.06N 84.32W
TIPTON 6.0 42.01N 84.06W
HUDSON 5.2 41.85N 84.34W
BLISSFIELD 0.5 41.83N 83.86W
...MONROE...
MILAN 3.0 42.08N 83.68W
SAMARIA 0.9 43.21N 82.98W
MONROE TRACE 41.91N 83.38W
...BAY...
AUBURN 1.8 43.60N 84.07W
...HURON...
HARBOR BEACH 5.0 43.84N 82.65W
PORT HOPE 0.9 43.93N 82.71W
...SAGINAW...
OAKLEY 5.0 43.14N 84.16W
BRIDGEPORT 5.5 43.37N 83.88W
FREELAND 2.0 43.52N 84.11W
HEMLOCK 2.0 43.41N 84.23W
SAGINAW 3.2 43.41N 83.94W
...SHIAWASSEE...
OWOSSO 6.2 42.99N 84.17W
...TUSCOLA...
FAIRGROVE 5.0 43.52N 83.54W
CARO 5.0 43.48N 83.40W
2 W OF MARLETTE 7.0
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THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO MEASURE SNOW AND CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THIS MORNING.
FROM ALL OF US HERE AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WE WOULD LIKE TO
WISH EVERYONE A SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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JDS
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