Tornado in Nebraska, May 3, 1999

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$15,000

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.

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 136 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:23 UTC.

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Tornado

A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

• Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 3, 199940 deaths · 675 injured · $1.1 billion · F5 · 143 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 3 to 12, 19996 deaths · 154 injured · $143 million · F4 · 63 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 3 to 4, 1999$13 million · F3 · 92 events
• Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 3, 1999$768,000 · F1 · 3 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 3 to 4, 1999$10,000 · F2 · 18 events
• High Wind in California, May 3, 1999$150,000 · 65 kt wind · 4 events
• Tornado in Nebraska, May 3, 1999$50,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 3, 1999$50,000 · 1 in hail · 5 events
• High Wind in Nevada, May 3, 1999$50,000 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 3, 1999$17,000 · 2.75 in hail · 7 events
• Wildfire in Florida, May 3, 19991 injured · 3 events
• Winter Storm in Colorado, May 3 to 5, 19998 events

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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: 5696918.