Heavy Snow, Dakota
- When
- February 22, 7:00 AM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.391, -96.564 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Nebraska, February 22, 1999
Snowfall of 6 to 9 inches slowed transportation. The snow also forced schools and some businesses to close early.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 FSD wrote it up.
Snowfall of 6 to 9 inches slowed transportation. The snow also forced schools and some businesses to close early.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Dixon
- When
- February 22, 7:00 AM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dixon forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.493, -96.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 22, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Washington, February 22, 1999
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 22, 1999
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 22, 1999
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 22 to 23, 1999
- Cold in New Hampshire, February 22, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, February 22, 1999
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 22, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, February 22, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 22, 1999
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, February 22, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, February 22, 1999
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, February 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: 5688355, 5688356.