Texas, 1999

Tornado in Texas, March 2, 1999

March 2, 1999 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The strongest tornado of the evening developed a mile northwest of Holly Springs. Moving southeast at 50 mph, this fast moving storm damaged or destroyed over 25 homes and a church.

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The toll

Deaths
1
Injuries
3
Property damage
$500,000
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.

The strongest tornado of the evening developed a mile northwest of Holly Springs. Moving southeast at 50 mph, this fast moving storm damaged or destroyed over 25 homes and a church. The worst damage was done in Holly Springhs, where a brick home lost its roof and portions of two walls. This is where the elderly woman was fatally injured. Several vehicles were picked up and rolled over. This storm moved into Newotn County, producing more injuries and damages.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Jasper

When
March 2, 6:55 PM CST to 7:05 PM CST
Where
Jasper County, Holly Spgs to 1 mi SE of Holly Spgs
Rating
F3
Path length
9 mi
Path width
500 yd
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries
3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$500,000
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
30.900, -93.900

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Tornado, Jasper1999-03-2284FemalePermanent HomeDirect

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.

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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: 5692680.