Nebraska, 1999

Ice Storm in Nebraska, April 3, 1999

April 3, 1999 · NWS CYS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Icy roads resulted in numerous accidents on highways in the western Nebraska Panhandle.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
2
Injuries
3
Property damage
$50,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 CYS wrote it up.

Icy roads resulted in numerous accidents on highways in the western Nebraska Panhandle.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Ice Storm, Cheyenne

When
April 3, 12:45 AM MST
Where
Cheyenne forecast zone
Deaths
2 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries
3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
41.220, -102.995 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Ice Storm, Cheyenne1999-04-0314MaleVehicle/Towed TrailerDirect
Ice Storm, Cheyenne1999-04-0311FemaleVehicle/Towed TrailerDirect

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

More

Every storm in Nebraska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, April 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: 5691661.