Winter Storm, Alcona
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Alcona forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.712, -83.344 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Michigan, January 8, 1998
Low pressure tracking across the lower Great Lakes region spread an area of snow into Northern Lower Michigan during the morning of the 8th. occasionally falling at the rate of 1-2 inches per hour.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 22 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 23
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.
Low pressure tracking across the lower Great Lakes region spread an area of snow into Northern Lower Michigan during the morning of the 8th. The snow became locally heavy at times during the afternoon ...occasionally falling at the rate of 1-2 inches per hour. The snow tapered off toward midnight leaving 6 - 8 inch accumulations north and west of a line from Manistee to Alpena...with 3-5 inch accumulations across the rest of Northern Lower Michigan.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
23 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Alpena
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Alpena forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.064, -83.460 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Antrim
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Antrim forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.007, -85.176 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Arenac
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Arenac forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.043, -83.747 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Benzie
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Benzie forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.617, -86.139 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Charlevoix
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Charlevoix forecast zone
Winter Storm, Cheboygan
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cheboygan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.473, -84.492 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Crawford
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Crawford forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.684, -84.610 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Emmet
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Emmet forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.588, -84.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Gladwin
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gladwin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.991, -84.388 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Grand Traverse
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Grand Traverse forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.716, -85.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Iosco
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Iosco forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.301, -83.514 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Kalkaska
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kalkaska forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.685, -85.090 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Leelanau
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Leelanau forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.152, -86.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Manistee
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Manistee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.238, -86.288 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Missaukee
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Missaukee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.337, -85.095 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Montmorency
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Montmorency forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.028, -84.127 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Ogemaw
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ogemaw forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.335, -84.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Oscoda
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Oscoda forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.682, -84.130 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Otsego
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Otsego forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.021, -84.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Presque Isle
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Presque Isle forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.398, -83.843 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Roscommon
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Roscommon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.336, -84.612 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Wexford
- When
- January 8, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wexford forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.338, -85.578 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Tornado and Flooding in West Virginia, January 8 to 11, 1998
- Ice Storm in New York, January 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New York, January 8 to 9, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, January 8, 1998
- Flooding in New York, January 8 to 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Mississippi, January 8, 1998
- Flooding in New York, January 8 to 11, 1998
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, January 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, January 8 to 11, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, January 8, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, January 8 to 9, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, January 8 to 10, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5627428, 5627429, 5627430, 5627431, 5627432, 5627433, 5627434, 5627435, 5627436, 5627437, 5627438, 5627439, 5627440, 5627441, 5627442, 5627443, 5627444, 5627445, 5627446, 5627447, 5627448, 5627449, 5627450.