2 ice storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Snow and sleet combined to make slick road conditions which caused a 2 vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 75 18 miles south of Topeka which injured 5 people, 2 of them critically.
Snow and sleet combined to make roads slick and hazardous and resulted in 2 accidents 10 minutes apart. The first occurred 18 miles south of Topeka on U.S. Highway 75 where a 2 vehicle accident resulted in 5 injuries, 2 of them critical. The second was a single vehicle accident on the Kansas Turnpike 5 miles southeast of Topeka. The lone occupant died at the scene of this accident.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Storm, Shawnee | 1999-03-08 | 42 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, March 1999
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: 5684006, 5684007.