Storms in Iowa in 1999

1,640 events in 267 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa 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.

Iowa 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: 1,640
Deaths: 7
Injuries: 54
Damage: $229 million
Episodes: 267

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
Hail	339	0	3	$1.6 million
Winter Storm	300	4	1	$1.0 million
Flood	279	0	0	$31 million
Thunderstorm Wind	240	0	1	$2.2 million
Tornado	73	2	34	$21 million
Heat	65	0	10
Flash Flood	64	1	4	$46 million
Cold/Wind Chill	59	0	0	$15 million
High Wind	59	0	1	$1.5 million
Ice Storm	46	0	0	$230,000
Drought	46	0	0	$110 million
Lightning	18	0	0	$24,000
Dense Fog	17	0	0
Blizzard	14	0	0	$70,000
Heavy Snow	11	0	0	$3,000
Funnel Cloud	10	0	0

Every episode, month by month

January 1999

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May 1999

June 1999

July 1999

August 1999

September 1999

November 1999

Drought in Iowa, November 1 to 30, 199911 events

December 1999

Every year in Iowa Every state in 1999 Tornadoes in Iowa in 1999 Warnings in Iowa 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.