Ice Storm in Shawnee, Kansas
Ice Storm March 8, 1999 · Shawnee, Kansas
What the National Weather Service wrote
Snow and sleet combined to make roads slick and hazardous and resulted in 2 accidents 10 minutes apart. The first occurred 18 miles south of Topeka on U.S. Highway 75 where a 2 vehicle accident resulted in 5 injuries, 2 of them critical. The second was a single vehicle accident on the Kansas Turnpike 5 miles southeast of Topeka. The lone occupant died at the scene of this accident.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5684007. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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