Winter Storm, Calhoun
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Calhoun forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 42.247, -85.006 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Michigan, March 20 to 21, 1998
A winter storm tracked south of Michigan's Lower Peninsula during the afternoon and evening hours of Friday, March 20th and into the early morning hours of Saturday, March 21st. The low pressure center tracked across Kentucky and into northern Virginia, keeping the most significant precipitation south of the state.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 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
- 10
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 GRR wrote it up.
A winter storm tracked south of Michigan's Lower Peninsula during the afternoon and evening hours of Friday, March 20th and into the early morning hours of Saturday, March 21st. The low pressure center tracked across Kentucky and into northern Virginia, keeping the most significant precipitation south of the state. A mixture of snow, sleet, and freezing rain fell across much of southwest and south central Lower Michigan, mainly south of a line from South Haven to Lansing, MI. The precipitation started out as a mixture of sleet and freezing rain Friday afternoon, then turned to mostly snow Friday evening. The ice at the onset made travel conditions hazardous for the Friday afternoon rush hour and several minor weather-related accidents were reported along and south of the Interstate-94 corridor. Snow accumulations ranged from 1 to 4 inches in the aforementioned counties. Accumulations of 3 to 4 inches were confined to southern Berrien County, Cass County, Jackson County, and southeast Ingham County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
10 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Cass
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cass forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 41.915, -85.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Hillsdale
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hillsdale forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 41.888, -84.593 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Ingham
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Ingham forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 42.597, -84.373 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Jackson
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 42.249, -84.423 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Kalamazoo
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Kalamazoo forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 42.245, -85.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, St. Joseph
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- St. Joseph forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 41.914, -85.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Van Buren
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Van Buren forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 42.285, -86.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Berrien
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Berrien forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
Winter Storm, Branch
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Branch forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 41.916, -85.059 (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
- Tornadoes in Georgia, March 20, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, March 20, 1998
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, March 20, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, March 20, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, March 20, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Virginia, March 20, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 20 to 31, 1998
- Storm Surge in Ohio, March 20 to 21, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 20, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 20, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, March 20 to 21, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, March 20, 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: 5661294, 5661295, 5661296, 5661297, 5661298, 5661299, 5661300, 5661301, 5661370, 5661371.