Ice Storm, Bolivar
- When
- February 18, 12:00 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bolivar forecast zone
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.796, -90.880 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm in Mississippi, February 18, 2006
Freezing rain began falling during the morning hours of the 18th and light icing occurred for several hours across a portion of the Mississippi Delta region. By late morning and around noon, ice accumulations reached 1/4 inch across northern portions of Bolivar county and extreme northern portions of Sunflower county.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 JAN wrote it up.
Freezing rain began falling during the morning hours of the 18th and light icing occurred for several hours across a portion of the Mississippi Delta region. By late morning and around noon, ice accumulations reached 1/4 inch across northern portions of Bolivar county and extreme northern portions of Sunflower county. Many bridges in this area were iced over along with icing on trees and power lines. The ice accumulation ended before much damage occurred and at its greatest was generally around 1/4 inch before evaporating and melting some during the evening.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice Storm, Sunflower
- When
- February 18, 12:00 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sunflower forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.602, -90.589 (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
- Cold in Illinois, February 18, 2006
- Winter Weather in Alaska, February 18 to 19, 2006
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, February 18, 2006
- Winter Storm in Mississippi, February 18, 2006
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, February 18, 2006
- Cold in Wisconsin, February 18 to 19, 2006
- Winter Weather in Illinois, February 18, 2006
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, February 18, 2006
- Cold in Nebraska, February 18, 2006
- Winter Weather in Texas, February 18 to 20, 2006
- Winter Weather in Missouri, February 18, 2006
- Winter Storm in Oklahoma, February 18 to 20, 2006
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, February 2006
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: 5493067, 5493068.