Ice Storm, Hardeman
- When
- January 7, 8:00 PM CST to January 8, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hardeman forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.290, -99.746 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm in Texas, January 7 to 8, 1999
Periods of light freezing rain and dense fog persisted across western north Texas on the 7th and 8th. Numerous accidents were reported, and many schools were forced to close.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 5
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 OUN wrote it up.
Periods of light freezing rain and dense fog persisted across western north Texas on the 7th and 8th. Numerous accidents were reported, and many schools were forced to close.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice Storm, Clay
- When
- January 7, 8:00 PM CST to January 8, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.786, -98.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Foard
- When
- January 7, 8:00 PM CST to January 8, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Foard forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.975, -99.778 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Wichita
- When
- January 7, 8:00 PM CST to January 8, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wichita forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.988, -98.704 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Wilbarger
- When
- January 7, 8:00 PM CST to January 8, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.081, -99.241 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Ice Storm in Oklahoma, January 7 to 8, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 7, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 7, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 7, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 7, 1999
- Winter Storm in Ohio, January 7 to 9, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 7, 1999
- Winter Storm in Kentucky, January 7 to 8, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 7, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 7, 1999
- Ice Storm in Kentucky, January 7 to 8, 1999
- Ice Storm in Oklahoma, January 7 to 8, 1999
More
Every storm in Texas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5680062, 5680063, 5680064, 5680065, 5680066.