Heavy Snow, Lapeer
- When
- March 13, 7:00 PM EST to March 14, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lapeer forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.090, -83.222 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Michigan, March 13 to 14, 1998
A clipper-type low pressure system dropped southeast from western Ontario on the 13th, crossing Lake Superior and moving into northern lower Michigan in the evening. The low then turned east and crossed Lake Huron early on the 14th on its way back into Ontario.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 1
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 DTX wrote it up.
A clipper-type low pressure system dropped southeast from western Ontario on the 13th, crossing Lake Superior and moving into northern lower Michigan in the evening. The low then turned east and crossed Lake Huron early on the 14th on its way back into Ontario. This system produced a swath of 3 to 6 inches of snow from the Saginaw Bay area eastward to the Thumb. The heaviest snowfall amount of 6 inches was received in Columbiaville in Lapeer County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flooding and Hail in California, March 13, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, March 13 to 14, 1998
- Blizzard in Minnesota, March 13, 1998
- Blizzard in North Dakota, March 13, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 13 to 16, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 13 to 15, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, March 13 to 14, 1998
- Waterspouts in California, March 13, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, March 13 to 14, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, March 13, 1998
- High Wind in South Dakota, March 13, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, March 13 to 14, 1998
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, March 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5633041.