1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:38 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 37 year old man was fatally injured by a lightning strike. The man was standing behind a waste collection truck when lightning struck a nearby tree and the charge moved through the tree to the man standing near the truck.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Harrison | 1999-10-25 | 37 | Male | Under Tree | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, August 1999
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: 5718743.