Minnesota

Storms in Minnesota in 1999

1,387 events in 303 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Minnesota 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.

Minnesota 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
1,387
Deaths
2
Injuries
9
Damage
$11 million
Episodes
303

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
Hail42601$5.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind36004$751,000
Winter Storm14200
High Wind11900$115,000
Heat10520
Heavy Snow6600$35,000
Tornado4003$3.2 million
Ice Storm3100
Funnel Cloud2000
Drought1600
Blizzard1200
Flash Flood1200$504,000
Winter Weather1100
Flood1000$40,000
Lightning901$576,000
Strong Wind800

Every episode, month by month

January 1999

February 1999

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May 1999

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July 1999

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September 1999

October 1999

November 1999

December 1999

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Every year in MinnesotaEvery state in 1999Tornadoes in Minnesota in 1999Warnings in Minnesota 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.