Winter Storm, Freeborn
- When
- January 22, 1:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Freeborn forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -93.349 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Minnesota, January 22, 1999
Strong surface low pressure tracked across Nebraska and Iowa and brought a belt ofmixed precipitation to east and south central Minnesota. Total snow amounts betweenthree and five inches fell in the above counties.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 5
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 MPX wrote it up.
Strong surface low pressure tracked across Nebraska and Iowa and brought a belt ofmixed precipitation to east and south central Minnesota. Total snow amounts betweenthree and five inches fell in the above counties. Freezing rain glazed over roads in FreebornCounty. Up to one quarter of an inch of Freezing rain was reported in Freeborn County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Waseca
- When
- January 22, 1:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Waseca forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 44.022, -93.587 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Steele
- When
- January 22, 1:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Steele forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 44.022, -93.226 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Rice
- When
- January 22, 1:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rice forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 44.354, -93.297 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Goodhue
- When
- January 22, 1:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Goodhue forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 44.410, -92.723 (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 in Tennessee, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 31, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, January 22, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, January 22, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 25, 1999
- Hail in Texas, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 31, 1999
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 30, 1999
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 23, 1999
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, 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: 5685038, 5685039, 5685040, 5685041, 5685042.