Heavy Snow, East Polk
- When
- January 5, 8:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- East Polk forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 47.774, -96.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 5, 1998
Snowfall amounts of 6 to 7 inches fell over northwest Minnesota.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- 6
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 FGF wrote it up.
Snowfall amounts of 6 to 7 inches fell over northwest Minnesota.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, West Polk
- When
- January 5, 8:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- West Polk forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 47.774, -96.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Norman
- When
- January 5, 8:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Norman forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 47.327, -96.455 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Red Lake
- When
- January 5, 8:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Red Lake forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 47.872, -96.095 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, West Marshall
- When
- January 5, 8:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- West Marshall forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 48.358, -96.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Kittson
- When
- January 5, 8:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kittson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 48.777, -96.783 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in Maine, January 5 to 10, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Cold in Washington, January 5 to 23, 1998
- Tornadoes in Texas, January 5 to 6, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Louisiana, January 5, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 5, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, January 5, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, January 5 to 6, 1998
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, January 5, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Texas, January 5 to 7, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, January 5, 1998
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, January 5, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 5, 1998
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, 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: 5629135, 5629136, 5629137, 5629138, 5629139, 5629140.