Damaging Wind in Missouri, January 17, 1999

Name: Damaging Wind in Missouri, January 17, 1999
Start: 1999-01-17T17:40
End: 1999-01-17T17:40
Location: Missouri

January 17, 1999 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 3
Property damage: $100,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

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1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Mississippi

When: January 17, 5:40 PM CST
Where: Mississippi County, Charleston to 2 mi of Charleston
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 36.920, -89.370

Thunderstorm winds overturned a mobile home and blew down a barn. The roof was removed from the Farm Bureau building in Charleston. At the Charleston Inn, windows were blown out and the roof was damaged. A large sign was snapped off, and a steel light post was snapped. Lots of trees were down in Charleston. The three occupants of the overturned mobile home were transported to a hospital.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Missouri in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, 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: 5681662.