Texas, 1999

Tornado in Texas, January 29, 1999

January 29, 1999 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A small, weak tornado developed from the same storm that produced the Tyler and Jasper County tornado, but the only damage was a few trees down in wooded areas.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$10,000
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.

What happened

The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.

A small, weak tornado developed from the same storm that produced the Tyler and Jasper County tornado, but the only damage was a few trees down in wooded areas.

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:22 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Newton

When
January 29, 3:20 PM CST to 3:22 PM CST
Where
Newton County, 3 mi W of Newton
Rating
F0
Path length
1 mi
Path width
50 yd
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
30.830, -93.780

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.

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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: 5684462.