Winter Storm, Pottawattamie
- When
- February 18, 10:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawattamie forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.337, -95.542 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Iowa, February 18, 1999
Freezing drizzle and sleet changed over to snow and quickly became heavy across parts of western Iowa during the late morning of 2/18/99. Snowfall of 6 inches was observed in a band over most of Pottawattamie and Shelby counties.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 OAX wrote it up.
Freezing drizzle and sleet changed over to snow and quickly became heavy across parts of western Iowa during the late morning of 2/18/99. Snowfall of 6 inches was observed in a band over most of Pottawattamie and Shelby counties.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Shelby
- When
- February 18, 10:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.685, -95.310 (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
- High Wind in Nevada, February 18, 1999
- High Wind in Nevada, February 18, 1999
- High Wind in California, February 18, 1999
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 18 to 19, 1999
- High Wind in Washington, February 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 18 to 19, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, February 18, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, February 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 18, 1999
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, February 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: 5688975, 5688976.