Cold/Wind Chill, Genesee
- When
- January 12, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Genesee forecast zone
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.022, -83.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Michigan, January 12, 1999
Temperatures were running in single digits in the Flint area, with wind chills below zero. A 5 year old schoolboy wandered around outdoors after school was dismissed, until a local resident took him in.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
- 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.
Temperatures were running in single digits in the Flint area, with wind chills below zero. A 5 year old schoolboy wandered around outdoors after school was dismissed, until a local resident took him in. The young boy was hospitalized due to frostbite.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Dense Fog in California, January 12 to 13, 1999
- Winter Weather in Michigan, January 12 to 14, 1999
- Winter Weather in Maine, January 12, 1999
- Winter Weather in New Hampshire, January 12, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 12 to 13, 1999
- Heavy Rain in American Samoa, January 12, 1999
- Winter Weather in Maine, January 12, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 12, 1999
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 12 to 14, 1999
- High Wind in Louisiana, January 12, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, January 12 to 13, 1999
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, January 1999
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: 5680175.