Wildfire, Glades
- When
- April 26, 5:00 PM EST to April 27, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Glades County, Moore Haven
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 26.957, -81.189 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Florida, April 26 to 27, 1999
Lightning initiated eight separate wildfires which burned 1000 acres and temporarily closed Highway 29.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 1
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 MFL wrote it up.
Lightning initiated eight separate wildfires which burned 1000 acres and temporarily closed Highway 29.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 26, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, April 26, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, April 26, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 26, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 26, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 26, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 26, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 26, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, April 26, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 26, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Texas, April 26, 1999
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 26, 1999
More
Every storm in Florida in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, April 1999
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: 5689644.