Winter Storm, Dakota
- When
- January 1, 9:00 AM CST to January 2, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.391, -96.564 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A winter storm brought 4 to 6 inches of new snow, with 20 to 40 mph winds which caused blowing and drifting snow and dangerous wind chills. Visibilities were reduced to less than 1/2 mile at times.
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.
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.
The episode as NWS FSD wrote it up.
A winter storm brought 4 to 6 inches of new snow, with 20 to 40 mph winds which caused blowing and drifting snow and dangerous wind chills. Visibilities were reduced to less than 1/2 mile at times. Actual temperatures dropped to below zero with wind chills as cold as 40 below zero. Travel became difficult and hazardous, and was greatly curtailed. Otherwise major problems were few on the holiday weekend, as most people heeded warnings and did not travel during the storm.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, January 1999
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: 5680551, 5680552.