Tennessee, 1999Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, January 17, 1999
January 17, 1999 · NWS OHX · 4 events in 4 counties and zones
3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Tornado, Stewart
- When
- January 17, 7:06 PM CST
- Where
- Stewart County, 3 mi W of Dover
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 36.480, -87.880
F1 tornado took the roof off a Cee-Bee Grocery store. Employees in the store sought shelter in the freezer.
Thunderstorm Wind, Houston
- When
- January 17, 7:10 PM CST to 7:12 PM CST
- Where
- Houston County, Countywide
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -87.770
Newspaper account of trees and power lines down around the county.
Tornado, Montgomery
- When
- January 17, 7:28 PM CST to 7:29 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Woodlawn to 3 mi ENE of Woodlawn
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.6 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 36.550, -87.430
F1 tornado at HWY 79 and N. Liberty Church Rd. A hay barn lost a metal roof. A tobacco barn was destroyed. Utility poles were snapped. Trees were uprooted.
Tornado, Robertson
- When
- January 17, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Robertson County, Adams to 6 mi E of Adams
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 36.550, -86.970
F1 tornado at 4751 Jones Chapel Rd. Lost shingles on roof of his home. The tobacco barn was destroyed. The greenhouse was damaged. A few trees were uprooted.
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, January 17, 19999 deaths · 132 injured · $43 million · F4 · 30 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, January 17, 19991 injured · $382,000 · F2 · 19 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 17 to 18, 1999$4.1 million · 4.5 in hail · 55 events
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 17, 19993 injured · $1.5 million · 87 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, January 17, 19992 injured · $314,000 · 54 kt wind · 21 events
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 17, 1999F2 · 1 event
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 17, 1999F2 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 17, 1999$1.0 million · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 17, 19993 injured · $250,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 17, 19993 injured · $150,000 · 78 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, January 17, 19993 injured · $100,000 · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, January 17 to 18, 19992 injured · $56,000 · F0 · 14 events
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: 5685508, 5685509, 5685507, 5685510.