Storms in Arizona in 1999

241 events in 106 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 1999, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Arizona in 1999 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 241
Deaths: 4
Injuries: 61
Damage: $71 million
Episodes: 106

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.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	64	0	1	$355,000
Hail	44	0	0	$141,000
Flash Flood	38	0	6	$13 million
Heavy Snow	21	0	0
Flood	19	0	14	$39 million
Lightning	17	0	0	$220,000
High Wind	14	2	17	$86,000
Funnel Cloud	8	0	0
Winter Storm	6	0	0	$15,000
Tornado	5	2	23	$19 million
Dust Storm	3	0	0
Heavy Rain	1	0	0
Drought	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

February 1999

March 1999

April 1999

May 1999

High Wind in Arizona, May 3, 199968 kt wind · 1 event

June 1999

July 1999

August 1999

September 1999

October 1999

High Wind in Arizona, October 16 to 17, 199982 kt wind · 1 event

December 1999

Every year in Arizona Every state in 1999 Tornadoes in Arizona in 1999 Warnings in Arizona in 1999 1998 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.