Storms in Kentucky in 1999

746 events in 317 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky 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.

Kentucky 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: 746
Deaths: 3
Injuries: 35
Damage: $161 million
Episodes: 317

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
Thunderstorm Wind	249	0	19	$4.9 million
Drought	134	0	0	$154 million
Hail	75	0	3	$41,000
Flash Flood	58	0	2	$548,000
Ice Storm	52	0	0	$7,000
Heat	42	2	0
Heavy Snow	37	0	0	$10,000
Flood	24	1	0	$58,000
Winter Storm	23	0	0
Strong Wind	23	0	0	$40,000
Tornado	6	0	10	$1.2 million
High Wind	5	0	0	$14,000
Heavy Rain	4	0	0
Winter Weather	4	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	4	0	0
Funnel Cloud	3	0	0
Lightning	3	0	1	$25,000

Every episode, month by month

January 1999

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March 1999

April 1999

May 1999

June 1999

July 1999

August 1999

September 1999

October 1999

November 1999

Drought in Kentucky, November 1 to 30, 199922 events

December 1999

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