Winter Storm, Smith
- When
- January 21, 9:00 PM CST to January 22, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Smith forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.785, -98.785 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Kansas, January 21 to 22, 1999
An icy mixture of freezing drizzle, freezing rain, and some sleet deposited a layer of ice on trees, power lines, and roads. Numerous power outages were reported due to fallen power lines.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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 GID wrote it up.
An icy mixture of freezing drizzle, freezing rain, and some sleet deposited a layer of ice on trees, power lines, and roads. Numerous power outages were reported due to fallen power lines. Treated roads were passable, but many secondary and untreated roads were very slick and ice covered. The icy mixture changed to snow before ending, dropping up to two inches in some places.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Osborne
- When
- January 21, 9:00 PM CST to January 22, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -98.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Mitchell
- When
- January 21, 9:00 PM CST to January 22, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.393, -98.209 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Jewell
- When
- January 21, 9:00 PM CST to January 22, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.785, -98.218 (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
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Indiana, January 21 to 23, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, January 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: 5685346, 5685347, 5685348, 5685349.