Florida, 1999

Dust Devil in Florida, March 16, 1999

March 16, 1999 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 dust devil, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$12,000
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.

The radar

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Event by event

1 dust devil. Local standard time, as filed.

Dust Devil, Highlands

When
March 16, 2:00 PM EST
Where
Highlands County, Venus
Property damage
$12,000
Reported by
INSURANCE COMPANY
Coordinates
27.343, -81.341 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A dust-devil caused minor damage to plants and tarps of a nursery along Old State Road 8 in Venus.

What these are

Dust Devil
A small rotating column of dust from surface heating that caused damage or injury.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5690349.