Winter Storm, Austin
- When
- December 23, 4:14 PM CST to 8:59 PM CST
- Where
- Austin forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.887, -96.278 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Texas, December 23, 1998
Freezing rain/drizzle with a few reports of snow and sleet. Icy roads caused a significant amount of automobile accidents.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 HGX wrote it up.
Freezing rain/drizzle with a few reports of snow and sleet. Icy roads caused a significant amount of automobile accidents.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Brazos
- When
- December 23, 4:14 PM CST to 8:59 PM CST
- Where
- Brazos forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.661, -96.302 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Burleson
- When
- December 23, 4:14 PM CST to 8:59 PM CST
- Where
- Burleson forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.493, -96.621 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Grimes
- When
- December 23, 4:14 PM CST to 8:59 PM CST
- Where
- Grimes forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.544, -95.985 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Washington
- When
- December 23, 4:14 PM CST to 8:59 PM CST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.215, -96.403 (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
- Ice Storm in Alabama, December 23 to 25, 1998
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, December 23 to 24, 1998
- Ice Storm in Virginia, December 23 to 25, 1998
- Cold in Arkansas, December 23, 1998
- Ice Storm in Maryland, December 23 to 25, 1998
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, December 23 to 25, 1998
- Ice Storm in Alabama, December 23 to 24, 1998
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, December 23 to 25, 1998
- Ice Storm in Virginia, December 23 to 24, 1998
- Ice Storm in Oklahoma, December 23 to 24, 1998
- Winter Storm in Kentucky, December 23 to 24, 1998
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, December 23, 1998
More
Every storm in Texas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, December 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: 5677055, 5677056, 5677057, 5677058, 5677059.