Thunderstorm Wind, Amite
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Amite County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.180, -90.800
Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees around the county.
Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Mississippi, January 2, 1999
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Walthall
- When
- January 2, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Walthall County, Lexie
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.080, -90.180
Thunderstorm winds caused damge to roofs and knocked down trees around the community of Lexie.
Lightning, Amite
- When
- January 2, 7:45 AM CST
- Where
- Amite County, Gloster
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 31.174, -90.804 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning hit a house starting a fire that destroyed the kitchen.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Ohio, January 2, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, January 2, 1999
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 2 to 3, 1999
- Avalanche in Utah, January 2, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, January 2, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 2, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 2, 1999
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, January 2 to 3, 1999
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 2 to 3, 1999
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 2, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, January 2, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, January 1999
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5680559, 5680558, 5680557.