Texas, 1999

Tornado in Texas, March 12, 1999

March 12, 1999 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Several homes were damaged as a tornado passed nearby, and a barn was destroyed south of Warren on Highway 69.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
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.

What happened

The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.

Several homes were damaged as a tornado passed nearby, and a barn was destroyed south of Warren on Highway 69.

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:07 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Tyler

When
March 12, 10:10 PM CST to 10:12 PM CST
Where
Tyler County, Warren to 3 mi S of Warren
Rating
F1
Path length
3 mi
Path width
20 yd
Property damage
$100,000
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
30.570, -94.430

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: 5692561.