Michigan

Storms in Michigan in 1999

987 events in 146 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan 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.

Michigan 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

Open the live radar over Michigan

The year

Events
987
Deaths
6
Injuries
102
Damage
$13 million
Episodes
146

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind34400$751,000
Heavy Snow15100$50,000
Winter Weather12703$1.8 million
Hail9927$2.6 million
Blizzard5700$50,000
Winter Storm3500
Heat35054
Lake-Effect Snow3200
High Wind1800$73,000
Lightning1400$7,000
Cold/Wind Chill13430$1.3 million
Tornado1302$2.5 million
Flash Flood1302$1.4 million
Dense Fog1200
Ice Storm700
Strong Wind700$15,000
Flood400$25,000
Wildfire404$2.0 million
Waterspout200$200,000

Every episode, month by month

January 1999

February 1999

March 1999

April 1999

May 1999

June 1999

July 1999

August 1999

September 1999

October 1999

November 1999

December 1999

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Every year in MichiganEvery state in 1999Tornadoes in Michigan in 1999Warnings in Michigan in 199919982000

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.