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Winter Storm Snow Reports; Muskegon & Grand Rapids Set Records

Posted at 11:00 AM, Feb 08, 2013
and last updated 2013-02-08 11:00:02-05

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — As West Michigan’s winter storm comes to an end, snowfall reports Friday indicate that the majority of West Michigan saw between four and nine inches of heavy, wet snow.

However, a band of heavier snow just north of Grand Rapids, including much of Muskegon, Newaygo, Montcalm, and northern Kent counties, ended up dropping ten to fifteen inches.  Much less was reported to the south, with between two and four inches along the I-94 corridor.

The snow set a new daily record in Muskegon with 9.7 inches on Thursday, breaking the old record of 6.0″ from 1931.  The daily record for liquid equivalent precipitation was also broken in both Muskegon (0.96″) and Grand Rapids (0.53″).

A rough estimated snowfall map is pictured above; below are some of the detailed snow reports relayed by the National Weather Service office in Grand Rapids.

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SNOW REPORTS

LOCATION                   OBSERVED     TIME/DATE
                            VALUE     OF OBSERVATION    LAT    LON
MICHIGAN

...ALLEGAN COUNTY...
  2 W WAYLAND                  4.8 M   900 AM 02/08   42.67N  85.68W

...BARRY COUNTY...
  4 W BELLEVUE                 3.4 M   730 AM 02/08   42.45N  85.10W
  HASTINGS                     5.0 M   700 AM 02/08   42.65N  85.29W

...CALHOUN COUNTY...
  4 SE BATTLE CREEK            4.5 M   806 AM 02/08   42.28N  85.14W

...CLARE COUNTY...
  FARWELL                      8.5 M   920 AM 02/08   43.84N  84.87W
  LEOTA                        9.0 M   553 AM 02/08   44.14N  84.89W

...CLINTON COUNTY...
  2 N HASLETT                  4.0 M   700 AM 02/08   42.77N  84.40W
  ST. JOHNS                    5.1 M   615 AM 02/08   43.00N  84.56W
  2 NE BATH                    6.0 M   700 AM 02/08   42.84N  84.42W

...EATON COUNTY...
  4 WSW LANSING                3.6 M   700 AM 02/08   42.72N  84.63W
  2 WSW EATON RAPIDS           3.7 M   700 AM 02/08   42.50N  84.70W
  1 N GRAND LEDGE              3.9 M   700 AM 02/08   42.76N  84.75W
  1 SW EATON RAPIDS            5.5 M   800 AM 02/08   42.50N  84.66W

...GRATIOT COUNTY...
  3 SW MERRILL                 8.0 E   737 AM 02/08   43.38N  84.37W
  ALMA                         8.4 M   730 AM 02/08   43.38N  84.66W
  BRECKENRIDGE                 9.2 M   630 AM 02/08   43.41N  84.48W
  3 SSW PLEASANT VALLEY        9.5 M   800 AM 02/08   43.47N  84.61W
  2 E ALMA                     9.6 M   455 AM 02/08   43.38N  84.62W

...INGHAM COUNTY...
  2 ENE LANSING                3.5 M   610 AM 02/08   42.74N  84.51W
  MASON                        4.0 M   745 AM 02/08   42.58N  84.44W
  OKEMOS                       5.0 M   730 AM 02/08   42.72N  84.43W
  3 SSE MASON                  5.5 M  1000 AM 02/08   42.54N  84.42W

...IONIA COUNTY...
  IONIA                        5.0 M   800 AM 02/08   42.98N  85.06W

...ISABELLA COUNTY...
  1 WSW MOUNT PLEASANT        10.0 M   530 AM 02/08   43.60N  84.79W
  6 E MOUNT PLEASANT          10.2 M   900 AM 02/08   43.60N  84.65W
  MOUNT PLEASANT              10.5 M   315 AM 02/08   43.60N  84.77W

...JACKSON COUNTY...
  BROOKLYN                     1.0 M   700 AM 02/08   42.11N  84.25W
  5 S CONCORD                  1.8 M   822 AM 02/08   42.11N  84.63W
  3 W JACKSON                  2.0 M   700 AM 02/08   42.24N  84.47W
  6 NW JACKSON                 2.7 M   630 AM 02/08   42.31N  84.48W
  3 NNE TOMPKINS               3.1 M   900 AM 02/08   42.41N  84.53W

...KALAMAZOO COUNTY...
  VICKSBURG                    3.2 M   700 AM 02/08   42.12N  85.54W
  KALAMAZOO                    4.0 M   700 AM 02/08   42.28N  85.59W
  1 SW KALAMAZOO               4.3 M   845 AM 02/08   42.27N  85.61W

...KENT COUNTY...
  5 NNE GRAND RAPIDS           6.0 M   830 AM 02/08   43.03N  85.61W
  1 SSW DUTTON                 7.0 M   700 AM 02/08   42.83N  85.59W
  GERALD R FORD ARPT           7.2 M  1040 AM 02/08   42.89N  85.53W
  2 SE KENTWOOD                7.5 M   751 AM 02/08   42.88N  85.56W
  5 SSW GRAND RAPIDS           8.0 M   700 AM 02/08   42.90N  85.70W
  2 W ADA                      8.6 M   800 AM 02/08   42.95N  85.53W
  3 WSW CANNONSBURG            8.6 M  1030 AM 02/08   43.04N  85.52W
  1 W CUTLERVILLE              9.0 M   700 AM 02/08   42.84N  85.68W
  3 ESE GRAND RAPIDS           9.6 M   750 AM 02/08   42.95N  85.61W
  5 WSW ROCKFORD              10.0 M   800 AM 02/08   43.09N  85.64W
  GRANDVILLE                  10.4 M   730 AM 02/08   42.91N  85.76W
  5 NNW SPARTA                12.5 M   900 AM 02/08   43.22N  85.75W

...MASON COUNTY...
  SCOTTVILLE                   4.0 M   615 AM 02/08   43.95N  86.28W
  N VICTORY TWP                6.4 M   700 AM 02/08   44.04N  86.34W
  2 SE SCOTTVILLE              6.5 M   700 AM 02/08   43.93N  86.25W
  5 N LUDINGTON               10.0 M   924 AM 02/08   44.02N  86.44W

...MECOSTA COUNTY...
  PARIS                        6.5 M   615 AM 02/08   43.77N  85.50W
  BIG RAPIDS                   7.8 M   700 AM 02/08   43.70N  85.48W

...MONTCALM COUNTY...
  3 W HOWARD CITY             10.5 M   751 AM 02/08   43.40N  85.53W
  HOWARD CITY                 10.5 M   751 AM 02/08   43.40N  85.47W

...MUSKEGON COUNTY...
  CLOVERVILLE                 10.0 M   730 AM 02/08   43.19N  86.17W
  4 SE MUSKEGON               11.2 M  1040 AM 02/08   43.18N  86.20W
  6 WNW MUSKEGON              13.0 M   853 AM 02/08   43.26N  86.35W
  5 SE MUSKEGON               14.8 M   845 AM 02/08   43.17N  86.18W
  5 ENE MUSKEGON              15.0 M   600 AM 02/08   43.26N  86.15W

...NEWAYGO COUNTY...
  FREMONT                     10.0 M   700 AM 02/08   43.47N  85.94W
  WHITE CLOUD                 11.0 M   800 AM 02/08   43.57N  85.77W
  6 NE GRANT                  12.0 M   936 AM 02/08   43.40N  85.73W
  3 SE WHITE CLOUD            12.5 M   755 AM 02/08   43.54N  85.73W
  NEWAYGO                     14.0 M   820 AM 02/08   43.42N  85.81W

...OCEANA COUNTY...
  3 WSW HART                   6.2 M   730 AM 02/08   43.68N  86.42W

...OSCEOLA COUNTY...
  TUSTIN                       9.0 M   550 AM 02/08   44.10N  85.46W
  HERSEY                      11.5 M   800 AM 02/08   43.85N  85.44W

...OTTAWA COUNTY...
  ALLENDALE                    8.0 M   730 AM 02/08   42.97N  85.95W
  SSW ALLENDALE                8.0 M   730 AM 02/08   42.97N  85.96W
  2 WSW WALKER                 8.4 M   640 AM 02/08   42.99N  85.81W
  2 WSW WALKER                 8.4 M   700 AM 02/08   42.99N  85.81W
  4 WSW HOLLAND                8.7 M   700 AM 02/08   42.77N  86.18W

...VAN BUREN COUNTY...
  4 NNE PAW PAW                2.0 M   700 AM 02/08   42.27N  85.86W
  BLOOMINGDALE                 6.0 M   530 AM 02/08   42.38N  85.96W