TODAY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN WEATHER HISTORY: On December 11, 2000, a powerful storm system moved east just south of Michigan, dumping heavy snow across all of the area, with some freezing rain and sleet near the Ohio border. Near blizzard conditions with up to 58 mph wind gusts were found across all of the area, with an outright blizzard in the Thumb. Many schools were closed for two to four days after the storm. Mail delivery the next day was spotty at best, and many businesses and government offices were closed. Specific snowfall amounts and impacts of the storm, by county... Bay: 8 to 10 in Bay City. Genesee: 12-14 fell, along with 4 foot drifts. Flint Bishop International Airport closed in the afternoon of the 11th, and ended up with 14, the third largest snowfall on record. Up to 200 cars were stranded on Interstate 75 just south of Flint during the storm. In Burton, the roof of a window manufacturing company collapsed. Huron: 16.2 in Port Hope. Lapeer: 12-16 near Lapeer (city), with 3 foot drifts. Interstate 69 was closed from Davison to Imlay City. Lenawee: 5.7 in Adrian with some freezing rain. Livingston: 10-15 with 3 to 5 foot drifts. Macomb: 12 across the county. Midland: 7 to 11 in Midland (city). Monroe: 8.5 just southeast of Milan; up to half an inch of freezing rain in Monroe with several trees downed due to ice and wind, and power outages. Oakland: 12 across the county. St Clair: 12.3 near Avoca; 14.7 in Ruby; 17.5 in Yale, 14 in Capac. In Port Huron, 12-20, closing the Blue Water Bridge to Canada. Saginaw: 11 in Frankenmuth with 3 foot drifts, roads drifted shut. MBS (Tri Cities) International Airport had many flights cancelled, and the airport was closed at 830 pm on the 11th. Sanilac: 13 in Brown City. Shiawassee: 15.5 in Morrice. Tuscola: 10-14 in Vassar. In Caro, 16.3 of snow fell with 4 foot drifts. An 18 car pile-up on the north side of town required snowmobiles to rescue stranded motorists. Washtenaw: 8-12 in Ann Arbor; closing Eastern Michigan University for only the second time ever. Wayne: 6-12 across the county; three-eighths inches of freezing rain in Rockwood; At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, 6.1 fell, with 197 departures and 165 arrivals cancelled. (Courtesy of the National Weather Service)
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:07:56 +0000
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