Winter Storm, Polk
- When
- January 23, 4:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Polk forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.617, -93.400 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Missouri, January 23, 1999
A winter storm dropped a small area of 3 to 5 inches of snow in southwest Missouri. No serious or widespread damage was reported.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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
- 7
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 SGF wrote it up.
A winter storm dropped a small area of 3 to 5 inches of snow in southwest Missouri. No serious or widespread damage was reported. The highest snowfall totals were in the Springfield and Buffalo areas where 5 inches fell.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Greene
- When
- January 23, 4:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Greene forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.258, -93.342 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Christian
- When
- January 23, 4:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Christian forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.970, -93.189 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Stone
- When
- January 23, 4:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Stone forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.747, -93.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Dallas
- When
- January 23, 4:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dallas forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.680, -93.024 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Laclede
- When
- January 23, 4:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Laclede forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.658, -92.590 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Webster
- When
- January 23, 4:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.281, -92.876 (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
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, January 23, 1999
- Avalanche in Colorado, January 23, 1999
- Flood in Kentucky, January 23, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, January 23 to 28, 1999
- Flood in Ohio, January 23 to 27, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, January 23, 1999
- Flood in Ohio, January 23 to 24, 1999
- Flash Flood in Ohio, January 23, 1999
- Flash Flood in Ohio, January 23, 1999
- Flood in Ohio, January 23 to 26, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, January 23 to 24, 1999
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Georgia, January 23, 1999
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, 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: 5681674, 5681675, 5681676, 5681677, 5681678, 5681679, 5681680.