Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, January 2, 1999

Name: Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, January 2, 1999
Start: 1999-01-02T15:10
End: 1999-01-02T15:35
Location: Florida

January 2, 1999 · NWS TAE · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 7
Property damage: $4.3 million
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.

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Event by event

1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Bay

When: January 2, 3:10 PM EST to 3:15 PM EST
Where: Bay County, Panama City Beach to Panama City
Rating: F2
Path length: 3.8 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Injuries: 7 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $4.0 million
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 30.180, -85.800

A tornado initially struck at Panama City Beach damaging several homes and a few hotels within a four-block area surrounded by Sunset Ave-Thomas and Holiday Dr. The tornado again touched down two miles to the north at the Hathaway Bridge (U.S. Highway 98) where a six-car pileup injured seven. Finally, the tornado lifted over St. Andrews Bay and descended about a mile further north into a residential area surrounded by Big Daddy-Marina Dr. and Bay Circle where numerous homes and businesses were damaged. Scattered power outages affected several thousand customers in West Panama City and Panama City Beach.

Thunderstorm Wind, Bay

When: January 2, 3:35 PM EST
Where: Bay County, Youngstown
Property damage: $250,000
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 30.370, -85.430

Several roofs and mobile homes damaged.

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Florida, 1999 Warnings in Florida, January 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: 5683870, 5683871.