Snowfall totals from the February 5th-6th, 2008, winter storm
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SUMMARY
SNOWFALL REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1154 AM EST THU FEB 07 2008
A STRONG DOUBLE BARRELED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS THE DRIVING FORCE
BEHIND AN OBSTINATE WINTER PRECIPITATION EPISODE FROM TUESDAY
FEBRUARY 5TH THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY 7TH. THE FIRST DEVELOPED SURFACE
CYCLONE TRACKED THROUGH THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY TUESDAY NIGHT FORCING
OVERRUNNING PRECIPITATION FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN. WHILE
MOST NORTHERN LOCATIONS ACCUMULATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET/SNOW...
THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA SOUTH OF M 59 MEASURED GREATER THAN ONE
INCH OF RAINFALL. A TRAILING SURFACE LOW DEVELOPED WEDNESDAY OVER
THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY IN A SLIGHTLY COLDER ENVIRONMENT
BRINGING WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS LARGE PORTIONS OF THE
WESTERN GREAT LAKES. WARM AIR REMAINED IN PLACE ACROSS FAR
SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN KEEPING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SUBDUED AT GENERALLY
3 INCHES OR LESS. FOR THE AREA ALONG THE IRISH HILLS AND
NORTHWARD...A SHARP GRADIENT IN TOTAL SNOWFALL RESULTED. WIDESPREAD
AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 6 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL OAKLAND/MACOMB/LIVINGSTON
COUNTIES TO 16 AND 18 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN SAGINAW RIVER VALLEY.
HERE IS A LIST OF PRELIMINARY SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THE WINTER
STORM THAT IMPACTED SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN FROM FEBRUARY 5TH - 6TH.
NEW PERIOD STORM SNOW
LOCATION SNOW (HRS) TOTAL DEPTH LAT LON
...BAY...
AUBURN 11.3 43.60N 84.08W
ESSEXVILLE 11.0 43.61N 83.84W
BAY CITY 10.5 43.59N 83.88W
PINCONNING 7.4 43.86N 83.96W
...GENESEE...
CLIO 14.0 43.20N 83.73W
MONTROSE 12.6 43.17N 83.89W
FLINT 12.4 43.02N 83.69W
FLUSHING 12.0 43.06N 83.84W
BURTON 12.0 42.99N 83.61W
CLIO 11.0 43.17N 83.73W
GENESEE 10.5 43.11N 83.61W
GRAND BLANC 10.2 42.92N 83.61W
GOODRICH 9.0 42.92N 83.51W
LINDEN 8.5 42.81N 83.78W
...HURON...
HARBOR BEACH 12.0 43.85N 82.66W
BAD AXE 11.0 43.80N 82.99W
CASEVILLE 10.0 43.94N 83.27W
PORT HOPE 9.9 43.94N 82.72W
FILION 7.4 43.90N 83.00W
PORT AUSTIN 7.2 44.04N 82.99W
...LAPEER...
LAPEER 14.0 43.04N 83.32W
LUM 8.6 43.10N 83.15W
ALMONT 8.0 42.92N 83.04W
...LENAWEE...
HUDSON 2.2 41.85N 84.35W
TIPTON 2.0 42.02N 84.06W
ADRIAN 1.8 41.89N 84.04W
MORENCI 1.8 41.73N 84.22W
TECUMSEH 1.0 42.00N 83.95W
...LIVINGSTON...
HOWELL 6.5 42.60N 83.93W
...MACOMB...
RICHMOND 12.1 42.81N 82.75W
ARMADA 9.7 42.84N 82.88W
SHELBY TWP 9.0 42.67N 83.03W
NEW HAVEN 7.0 42.73N 82.79W
SOUTHERN SHELBY TWP 6.5 42.65N 83.03W
STERLING HEIGHTS 6.5 42.58N 83.03W
FRASER 5.5 42.53N 82.94W
NEW BALTIMORE 4.0 42.68N 82.73W
CHESTERFIELD 4.0 39.25N 90.06W
...MIDLAND...
OIL CITY 11.0 43.61N 84.59W
MIDLAND 10.0 43.62N 84.22W
...MONROE...
NEWPORT 2.6 42.00N 83.31W
DUNDEE 2.1 41.96N 83.66W
MONROE 2.0 41.92N 83.39W
MILAN 1.2 42.08N 83.68W
TEMPERANCE 0.8 41.76N 83.57W
SAMARIA 0.5 41.81N 83.58W
...OAKLAND...
WHITE LAKE 8.9 42.65N 83.50W
CLARKSTON 8.3 42.73N 83.42W
ROCHESTER 8.0 42.68N 83.12W
ORTONVILLE 7.3 42.85N 83.44W
OXFORD 7.0 42.82N 83.25W
HOLLY 7.0 42.80N 83.62W
LAKE ORION 6.0 42.78N 83.24W
BERKLEY 5.6 42.50N 83.18W
PONTIAC 4.6 42.65N 83.29W
WEST BLOOMFIELD 3.7 42.57N 83.38W
FARMINGTON 3.5 42.46N 83.38W
...SAGINAW...
BURT 18.0 43.23N 83.90W
FRANKENMUTH 17.0 43.33N 83.74W
BRIDGEPORT 16.3 43.37N 83.88W
BIRCH RUN 16.0 43.25N 83.79W
SHIELDS 15.4 43.41N 84.07W
SAGINAW 13.0 43.42N 83.95W
FREELAND/TRI CITIES 12.0 43.52N 84.11W
MERRILL 12.0 43.40N 84.33W
...SANILAC...
BROWN CITY 12.2 43.21N 82.99W
SANDUSKY 11.5 43.42N 82.83W
MARLETTE 10.0 43.32N 83.08W
DECKERVILLE 9.0 43.52N 82.74W
LEXINGTON 8.5 43.27N 82.54W
MELVIN 7.0 43.18N 82.86W
...SHIAWASSEE...
OWOSSO 10.5 42.99N 84.17W
DURAND 8.2 42.91N 83.98W
CORUNNA 8.0 42.98N 84.11W
...ST CLAIR...
YALE 15.2 43.12N 82.79W
CAPAC 13.5 43.01N 82.93W
BLAINE 10.5 43.12N 82.58W
PORT HURON 9.6 42.99N 82.43W
RUBY 9.2 43.04N 82.61W
ST CLAIR 9.0 42.82N 82.49W
ALGONAC 4.7 42.62N 82.53W
...TUSCOLA...
FAIRGROVE 16.0 43.52N 83.54W
VASSAR 15.5 43.37N 83.58W
CARO 11.5 43.48N 83.40W
...WASHTENAW...
DEXTER 5.0 42.33N 83.87W
ANN ARBOR 4.0 42.27N 83.73W
CHELSEA 3.0 42.31N 84.02W
...WAYNE...
GROSSE POINTE FARMS 4.3 42.40N 82.89W
DEARBORN 3.8 42.31N 83.21W
DETROIT METRO AIRPORT 3.0 42.23N 83.33W
WYANDOTTE 2.9 42.21N 83.16W
WESTLAND 2.5 42.31N 83.38W
ROMULUS 2.0 42.22N 83.36W
DEARBORN HEIGHTS 2.0 42.33N 83.27W
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