Winter Storm, Olmsted
- When
- January 19, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -92.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Minnesota, January 19, 2000
A winter storm affected southeast Minnesota, producing 6 to 10 inch snowfall accumulations. Law enforcement officials and volunteer observers reported 8 to 10 inches around Austin (Mower County), 9 inches in Byron (Olmsted County), 8 to 9 inches in Spring Valley (Fillmore County) and 6 to 7 inches at Dodge Center (Dodge County) and Wabasha (Wabasha County).
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 ARX wrote it up.
A winter storm affected southeast Minnesota, producing 6 to 10 inch snowfall accumulations. Law enforcement officials and volunteer observers reported 8 to 10 inches around Austin (Mower County), 9 inches in Byron (Olmsted County), 8 to 9 inches in Spring Valley (Fillmore County) and 6 to 7 inches at Dodge Center (Dodge County) and Wabasha (Wabasha County). North winds picked up to 20 to 30 mph as the snow was winding down, creating considerable blowing and drifting.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Mower
- When
- January 19, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mower forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.672, -92.752 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Fillmore
- When
- January 19, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fillmore forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -92.090 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Dodge
- When
- January 19, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.023, -92.862 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Wabasha
- When
- January 19, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wabasha forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.284, -92.230 (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
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 19 to 20, 2000
- Winter Storm in Iowa, January 19, 2000
- Flash Flooding in American Samoa, January 19 to 22, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 19, 2000
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 19, 2000
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 19 to 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 19 to 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 19 to 20, 2000
- Winter Storm in Iowa, January 19, 2000
- High Wind in Colorado, January 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Indiana, January 19 to 20, 2000
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 19 to 20, 2000
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, January 2000
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: 5126974, 5126975, 5126976, 5126977, 5127053.