Minnesota, 1999Flood and Lightning Strike in Minnesota, August 18, 1999
August 18, 1999 · NWS MPX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
1 flood, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Flood, Steele
- When
- August 18, 9:00 AM CST to 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Steele County, Blooming Prairie
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.022, -93.226 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Some streets in southwest portion of town under knee deep water. No basements flooded or damages reported.
Lightning, Washington
- When
- August 18, 9:58 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Stillwater
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 45.039, -92.884 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning strike fried radio, phone, and computer systems at City Hall.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 18, 1999$4.8 million · 2.75 in hail · 3 events
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, August 18, 1999$30,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 18, 1999$20,000 · 1 event
- Wildfire in Oregon, August 18 to 19, 19993 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 18, 199955 kt wind · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 18, 19991 in hail · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 18, 199955 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail in Florida, August 18, 19990.75 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 18, 1999$10,000 · 1 event
- Heat in Georgia, August 18, 19991 event
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 18, 1999$1,000 · 1 event
- Heat in Alabama, August 18, 19991 event
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: 5719219, 5719218.