A winter storm warning was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 11:26 a.m. EST in effect until Friday at 7 a.m. EST for Grand Traverse and Kalkaska counties.
All data from the National Weather Service is considered preliminary until it is reviewed further, and that was the case with the previous measurement of 4.8 inches.
Officials are still tallying up snowfall totals that could set new records in states like Florida. Savannah, Georgia, recorded 3 inches of snow, which is the most the city has seen since 1989.