Winter Storm, Boone
- When
- March 8, 10:00 PM EST to March 9, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Boone forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -84.728 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Kentucky, March 8 to 9, 1999
Low pressure brought abundant moisture northward into an arctic air mass producing a mixture of snow and sleet. The precipitation was heavy at times accumulating from 4 to 6 inches before changing to rain before noon.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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 ILN wrote it up.
Low pressure brought abundant moisture northward into an arctic air mass producing a mixture of snow and sleet. The precipitation was heavy at times accumulating from 4 to 6 inches before changing to rain before noon.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Campbell
- When
- March 8, 10:00 PM EST to March 9, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Campbell forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.947, -84.380 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Kenton
- When
- March 8, 10:00 PM EST to March 9, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kenton forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.934, -84.533 (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
- Tornadoes and Flood in Oklahoma, March 8, 1999
- Ice Storm in Kansas, March 8, 1999
- Winter Storm in Iowa, March 8, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, March 8 to 28, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 8 to 9, 1999
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, March 8 to 9, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, March 8 to 9, 1999
- High Wind in Oklahoma, March 8, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 8, 1999
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 8, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, March 8, 1999
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Indiana, March 8 to 9, 1999
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, March 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: 5689719, 5689720, 5689721.