Winter Storm, Brown
- When
- January 12, 2:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brown forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.962, -90.750 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Illinois, January 12, 1998
Freezing drizzle put a thin coating of ice on area roads causing widespread early morning travel problems. The hardest hit areas were just north of the St.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 17 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
- 17
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 LSX wrote it up.
Freezing drizzle put a thin coating of ice on area roads causing widespread early morning travel problems. The hardest hit areas were just north of the St. Louis Metro area, including parts of Madison, Calhoun, and Jersey counties.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
17 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Pike
- When
- January 12, 2:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pike forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.623, -90.886 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Calhoun
- When
- January 12, 2:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.169, -90.667 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Greene
- When
- January 12, 2:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Greene forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.356, -90.390 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Jersey
- When
- January 12, 2:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jersey forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.086, -90.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Madison
- When
- January 12, 2:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -89.905 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Macoupin
- When
- January 12, 2:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Macoupin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.261, -89.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Montgomery
- When
- January 12, 2:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.231, -89.479 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Fayette
- When
- January 12, 2:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -89.024 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Bond
- When
- January 12, 2:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bond forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.887, -89.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Marion
- When
- January 12, 2:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.650, -88.919 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Clinton
- When
- January 12, 2:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.607, -89.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, St. Clair
- When
- January 12, 2:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.470, -89.928 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Washington
- When
- January 12, 2:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.352, -89.410 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Monroe
- When
- January 12, 2:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.279, -90.177 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Randolph
- When
- January 12, 2:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.052, -89.825 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Adams
- When
- January 12, 2:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Adams forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.988, -91.188 (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
- Winter Weather in Kansas, January 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 12, 1998
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 12, 1998
- Flood in Louisiana, January 12, 1998
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 12, 1998
- Cold in Maine, January 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 12, 1998
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 12, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, January 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 12, 1998
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5627118, 5627119, 5627120, 5627121, 5627122, 5627123, 5627124, 5627125, 5627126, 5627127, 5627128, 5627129, 5627130, 5627131, 5627132, 5627133, 5629235.