Ice Storm, Bath
- When
- January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Bath forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 38.145, -83.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm in Kentucky, January 7 to 8, 1999
Cold air entrenched at the surface with a warm front moving up from the Tennessee Valley set up an ice storm over portions of Eastern Kentucky beginning the evening of January 7th, 1999 and lasting until late morning on the 8th. Reports from the area indicated that over one quarter of an inch of ice accumulated.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 13 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
- $7,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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 JKL wrote it up.
Cold air entrenched at the surface with a warm front moving up from the Tennessee Valley set up an ice storm over portions of Eastern Kentucky beginning the evening of January 7th, 1999 and lasting until late morning on the 8th. Reports from the area indicated that over one quarter of an inch of ice accumulated. This led to limbs and branches falling throughout the warned area which covered locations mainly along and north of the Mountain Parkway. Power lines were also reported down in Menifee, Rowan and Montgomery County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
13 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice Storm, Elliott
- When
- January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Elliott forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 38.118, -83.098 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Estill
- When
- January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Estill forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 37.693, -83.964 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Fleming
- When
- January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Fleming forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 38.370, -83.697 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Johnson
- When
- January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Johnson forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 37.847, -82.831 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Magoffin
- When
- January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Magoffin forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 37.707, -83.065 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Martin
- When
- January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Martin forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 37.802, -82.513 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Menifee
- When
- January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Menifee forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.941, -83.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Montgomery
- When
- January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Montgomery forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.034, -83.913 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Morgan
- When
- January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 37.922, -83.259 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Powell
- When
- January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Powell forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 37.831, -83.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Rowan
- When
- January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Rowan forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.196, -83.421 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Wolfe
- When
- January 7, 10:00 PM EST to January 8, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Wolfe forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 37.739, -83.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Ice Storm in Oklahoma, January 7 to 8, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 7, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 7, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 7, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 7, 1999
- Winter Storm in Ohio, January 7 to 9, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 7, 1999
- Winter Storm in Kentucky, January 7 to 8, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 7, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 7, 1999
- Ice Storm in Oklahoma, January 7 to 8, 1999
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 7 to 11, 1999
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5681147, 5681148, 5681149, 5681150, 5681151, 5681152, 5681153, 5681154, 5681155, 5681156, 5681157, 5681158, 5681159.