Ice Storm, Lincoln
- When
- January 3, 5:00 PM CST to January 4, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.413, -96.267 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm in Minnesota, January 3 to 4, 1997
Freezing rain caused ice accumulation on trees, power lines, and roads. The ice produced widespread tree and power line damage, although the amount of damage could not be determined.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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
- 7
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 FSD wrote it up.
Freezing rain caused ice accumulation on trees, power lines, and roads. The ice produced widespread tree and power line damage, although the amount of damage could not be determined.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice Storm, Lyon
- When
- January 3, 5:00 PM CST to January 4, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lyon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.414, -95.839 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Murray
- When
- January 3, 5:00 PM CST to January 4, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Murray forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.022, -95.763 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Cottonwood
- When
- January 3, 5:00 PM CST to January 4, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cottonwood forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.007, -95.181 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Nobles
- When
- January 3, 5:00 PM CST to January 4, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Nobles forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -95.753 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Jackson
- When
- January 3, 5:00 PM CST to January 4, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -95.154 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Pipestone
- When
- January 3, 5:00 PM CST to January 4, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pipestone forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.023, -96.259 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Utah, January 3, 1997
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, January 3 to 5, 1997
- Flood in California, January 3, 1997
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, January 3 to 5, 1997
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, January 3 to 5, 1997
- Heat in New Jersey, January 3 to 5, 1997
- Heat in Pennsylvania, January 3 to 5, 1997
- Dense Fog in Florida, January 3, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 3 to 4, 1997
- Heat in Maryland, January 3 to 6, 1997
- Heat in Delaware, January 3 to 6, 1997
- Ice Storm in South Dakota, January 3 to 4, 1997
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, January 1997
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: 5591306, 5591307, 5591308, 5591309, 5591310, 5591465, 5591466.