Nebraska, 1999

Tornado in Nebraska, September 3, 1999

September 3, 1999 · NWS CYS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:41 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Sioux

When
September 3, 5:44 PM MST to 5:47 PM MST
Where
Sioux County, 28 mi S of Agate
Rating
F0
Path length
0.3 mi
Path width
30 yd
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
42.020, -103.780

Brief tornado spotted by public neat the county line

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Nebraska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 1999Warnings in Nebraska, September 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: 5723148.