Winter Storm, Chippewa
- When
- January 4, 4:00 PM EST to January 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chippewa forecast zone
Winter Storm in Michigan, January 4 to 5, 1998
sleet and freezing rain developed across Eastern Upper Michigan to the north of a low and warm front lifting into the lower Great Lakes region. Ice accumulations ranged from 1/4-1/2 inch in many areas while sleet accumulated up to 1 inch deep.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS APX wrote it up.
A mix of snow...sleet and freezing rain developed across Eastern Upper Michigan to the north of a low and warm front lifting into the lower Great Lakes region. Ice accumulations ranged from 1/4-1/2 inch in many areas while sleet accumulated up to 1 inch deep.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Mackinac
- When
- January 4, 4:00 PM EST to January 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mackinac forecast zone
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and High Wind in California, January 4 to 25, 1998
- Ice Storm in Kansas, January 4, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, January 4 to 5, 1998
- Winter Storm in Oregon, January 4, 1998
- Ice Storm in Wisconsin, January 4 to 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, January 4 to 5, 1998
- Ice Storm in Iowa, January 4, 1998
- Winter Storm in Utah, January 4 to 5, 1998
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 4 to 6, 1998
- Winter Weather in New York, January 4 to 6, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, January 4 to 5, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Texas, January 4 to 5, 1998
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, January 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5627451, 5627452.