Lake effect snow developed over Lake Huron early on January 24th, bringing up to 8 inches of heavy snow to the eastern Thumb region during the morning hours. Further inland snowfall amounts were lighter but still amounted to1 to 3 inches along the Interstate 69 corridor. Below is a map of the snow totals reported to the NWS in White Lake:
Below are the raw snowfall totals reported to the NWS from our observers:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...STORM TOTALS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 121 PM EST THU JAN 24 2013 STORM TOTAL SNOW REPORTS LOCATION SNOWFALL DURATION (INCHES) (HOURS) LAT LON ...HURON COUNTY... BAD AXE M 1.8 24 43.80N 83.00W PORT AUSTIN M 2.0 24 44.04N 83.00W HARBOR BEACH E 3.0 6 43.85N 82.65W ...LAPEER COUNTY... LAPEER M 2.0 24 43.05N 83.32W ...SAGINAW COUNTY... CHESANING M 3.3 24 43.18N 84.12W ...SANILAC COUNTY... SANDUSKY M 2.0 24 43.42N 82.83W LEXINGTON M 3.6 12 43.27N 82.53W CARSONVILLE M 4.0 6 43.43N 82.67W FORESTER E 7.0 6 43.50N 82.57W 1 N PORT SANILAC E 8.0 6 43.45N 82.55W 2 S FORESTVILLE E 8.0 6 43.64N 82.61W 5 ENE CROSWELL E 8.0 6 43.31N 82.53W 5 S LEXINGTON E 8.0 6 43.20N 82.53W ...ST. CLAIR COUNTY... ALGONAC M 1.5 6 42.62N 82.53W PORT HURON M 2.4 4 42.99N 82.43W YALE M 3.2 24 43.13N 82.80W 5 SSE LAKEPORT E 4.0 6 43.06N 82.46W GOODELLS M 4.5 12 42.98N 82.68W LAKEPORT E 6.0 6 43.12N 82.50W 2 N SMITHS CREEK E 8.0 6 42.95N 82.60W M = MEASURED E = ESTIMATED