Winter Storm, Cimarron
- When
- January 28, 6:00 PM CST to January 29, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cimarron forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.748, -102.518 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Oklahoma, January 28 to 29, 1999
A vigorous upper level storm system moved slowly east across West Texas by the morning hours producing a mixture of snow, sleet, and freezing rain over the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. There were numerous power outages and most roads and highways were closed all across the Oklahoma panhandle.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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 AMA wrote it up.
A vigorous upper level storm system moved slowly east across West Texas by the morning hours producing a mixture of snow, sleet, and freezing rain over the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. There were numerous power outages and most roads and highways were closed all across the Oklahoma panhandle. Four to five inches of snow fell across the western and central Oklahoma panhandle while one quarter to one half inch of ice accumulation occurred across the eastern Oklahoma panhandle.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Texas
- When
- January 28, 6:00 PM CST to January 29, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Texas forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.748, -101.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Beaver
- When
- January 28, 6:00 PM CST to January 29, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Beaver forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -100.477 (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
- Flash Flood in Texas, January 28, 1999
- High Wind in Washington, January 28 to 29, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 28, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 28 to 29, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, January 28 to 29, 1999
- Winter Storm in Texas, January 28 to 29, 1999
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Hampshire, January 28 to 29, 1999
- Winter Weather in Maine, January 28 to 29, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 28, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Louisiana, January 28 to 30, 1999
- High Wind in Montana, January 28 to 29, 1999
- High Wind in Washington, January 28 to 29, 1999
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5685689, 5685690, 5685691.