Winter Storm, Antelope
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Antelope forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.177, -98.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 22, 1999
A Winter storm dumped 7 to as much as 12 inches of snow over most of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. The storm was accompanied by an east to southeast wind of 15 to 30 mph which caused some blowing and drifting of the snow and caused schools to cancel classes either all day Monday (02/22/99) or Monday afternoon as well as Tuesday.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 27 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
- 27
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 OAX wrote it up.
A Winter storm dumped 7 to as much as 12 inches of snow over most of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. The storm was accompanied by an east to southeast wind of 15 to 30 mph which caused some blowing and drifting of the snow and caused schools to cancel classes either all day Monday (02/22/99) or Monday afternoon as well as Tuesday. Six to 9 inches of snow was reported from Knox county southeast through Norfolk and Columbus then southeast through Lincoln to Falls City. Eight to 11 inches generally fell from Cuming county southeast through the Omaha/Council Bluffs area then south to Nebraska City. Heavier amounts in eastern Nebraska included...12 inches at Union, 11 inches in Papillion, 10 inches in Bellevue, Gretna and Prague and 9 inches at West Point, Creighton and parts of Omaha.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
27 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Boone
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Boone forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.707, -98.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Burt
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Burt forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.852, -96.329 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Butler
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Butler forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.226, -97.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Cass
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cass forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.910, -96.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Cedar
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cedar forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.599, -97.252 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Colfax
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Colfax forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.574, -97.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Cuming
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cuming forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.916, -96.787 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Dodge
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.578, -96.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Douglas
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.295, -96.154 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Johnson
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.393, -96.265 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Knox
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Knox forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.637, -97.892 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Lancaster
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.784, -96.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Madison
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.917, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Nemaha
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nemaha forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.388, -95.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Otoe
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Otoe forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.649, -96.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Pawnee
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.132, -96.237 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Pierce
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.264, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Platte
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.571, -97.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Richardson
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Richardson forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.125, -95.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Sarpy
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sarpy forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.113, -96.112 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Saunders
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Saunders forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.226, -96.637 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Seward
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Seward forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.872, -97.139 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Stanton
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stanton forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.917, -97.194 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Thurston
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Thurston forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.158, -96.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Washington
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.531, -96.222 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Wayne
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.209, -97.119 (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
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 22, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Washington, 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
- High Wind in Colorado, February 22 to 23, 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: 5688832, 5688833, 5688834, 5688835, 5688836, 5688837, 5688838, 5688839, 5688840, 5688841, 5688842, 5688843, 5688844, 5688845, 5688846, 5688847, 5688848, 5688849, 5688850, 5688851, 5688852, 5688853, 5688854, 5688855, 5688856, 5688857, 5688858.