Winter Storm, Orange
- When
- January 9, 6:54 AM EST
- Where
- Orange forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.402, -74.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in New York, January 9, 1999
Snow developed just before noon on Friday, January 8th. It changed to freezing rain during Friday evening.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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 OKX wrote it up.
Snow developed just before noon on Friday, January 8th. It changed to freezing rain during Friday evening. Ice accumulated on roads, trees, and power lines. There were significant disruptions to traffic as vehicles skidded off roads. At Montgomery Airport, 0.25 inches of freezing rain was measured. This precipitation was caused by a low pressure system that developed over Texas and moved northeast, passing just west of the local area during Saturday afternoon.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
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 and Heavy Snow in New York, January 9, 1999
- Dense Fog in California, January 9, 1999
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, January 9, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 9, 1999
- Flash Flood in Ohio, January 9, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, January 9, 1999
- Dense Fog in New Jersey, January 9, 1999
- Dense Fog in Pennsylvania, January 9, 1999
- Dense Fog in Maryland, January 9, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 9, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 9 to 11, 1999
- Dense Fog in Delaware, January 9, 1999
More
Every storm in New York in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5696177.