High Wind, Floyd
- When
- February 7, 1:25 PM EST
- Where
- Floyd forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.319, -85.907 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees down
High Wind in Indiana, February 7, 1999
A strong area of low pressure moved across the Ohio Valley bringing winds gusting to over 50 mph at many locations across the area.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 LMK wrote it up.
A strong area of low pressure moved across the Ohio Valley bringing winds gusting to over 50 mph at many locations across the area.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Jefferson
- When
- February 7, 1:40 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.786, -85.439 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
8 inch diameter trees broken off
High Wind, Washington
- When
- February 7, 1:45 PM EST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.600, -86.105 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Roof blown off mobile home, trees and power lines down
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Hail in California, February 7 to 9, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, February 7, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, February 7, 1999
- Strong Wind in Kentucky, February 7, 1999
- Strong Wind in Illinois, February 7, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, February 7 to 16, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, February 7, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, February 7, 1999
- Rip Current in Guam, February 7, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, February 7, 1999
- High Wind in Kentucky, February 7, 1999
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 7, 1999
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, February 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: 5689331, 5689332, 5689330.