Winter Weather — Osage, Kansas
1998-01-12 · Osage, Kansas
1
Direct deaths
4
Injuries
$60K
Property damage
Wider weather episode
A light mixture of freezing rain, freezing drizzle and snow caused numerous but mostly minor accidents. One fatal accident however occurred at 430 PM south of Melvern in the southeast part of Osage County. Some of the accidents including the fatal one occurred on patches of ice remaining on roads after most of the precipitation had ended.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5628097. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.