Winter Weather, Morrill
- When
- January 20, 7:00 AM MST
- Where
- Morrill forecast zone
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 41.716, -103.010 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Nebraska, January 20, 1998
A thin layer of ice caused a rollover accident on highway 385 a quarter of a mile south of the Box Butte county line. The 39 year old driver of the car lost control on the ice and drove into the east ditch and rolled the vehicle.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $2,000
- 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 CYS wrote it up.
A thin layer of ice caused a rollover accident on highway 385 a quarter of a mile south of the Box Butte county line. The 39 year old driver of the car lost control on the ice and drove into the east ditch and rolled the vehicle. The driver and a passenger were both ejected. The driver sustained a broken collar bone and the passenger had a severe leg cut. The vehicle was totalled.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, January 20 to 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 20, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Maine, January 20 to 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in Iowa, January 20 to 21, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 20 to 22, 1998
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 20 to 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in Iowa, January 20 to 21, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 20 to 21, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 20 to 22, 1998
- Flood in Nebraska, January 20 to 21, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 20 to 21, 1998
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, 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: 5628860.