Texas, 1999Tornadoes in Texas, May 1, 1999
May 1, 1999 · NWS MAF · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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, Ector
- When
- May 1, 2:46 PM CST to 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County, 7 mi NW of Goldsmith
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.7 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 32.050, -102.700
This tornado was spawned out of a small mesocyclone on the leading side of a short multicell line. The tornado had a condensation funnel to the ground, became rain-wrapped within about 2 minutes, and was estimated to have lasted about two additional minutes. The tornado formed about 2-3 miles south of the Andrews County line near FM 181.
Tornado, Martin
- When
- May 1, 4:36 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County, 12 mi W of Tarzan
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.300, -102.170
The cell that had produced the tornado in Ector County, dissipated, but its associated cluster began to favor one cell and by the time the cluster was in Eastern Andrews County it was forming into an HP supercell. Just after crossing into Martin County the storm produced a very brief tornado. The storm had a huge slot of rain that had wrapped around the mesocyclone. The spotter who saw the tornado was in heavy rain to the southeast of the spinup point. Video showed the condensation funnel to the ground, but rotation looked fairly weak. The unfavorable environment quickly destroyed the tornado within about one minute.
- 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.
- High Wind in New Mexico, May 1, 19997 deaths · 1 event
- Flooding in Colorado, May 1 to 5, 1999$7.8 million · 11 events
- Drought in Georgia, May 1 to 31, 199990 events
- Flooding in Colorado, May 1 to 3, 1999$200,000 · 2 events
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, May 1, 1999$5,000 · F1 · 2 events
- Drought in Virginia, May 1 to 31, 199923 events
- Drought in New Jersey, May 1 to 31, 199920 events
- Drought in West Virginia, May 1 to 31, 199914 events
- Drought in Maryland, May 1 to 31, 199914 events
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 1 to 2, 1999F0 · 11 events
- Drought in Pennsylvania, May 1 to 31, 199910 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, May 1, 1999F0 · 10 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: 5697616, 5697617.