Storms in Virginia in 1999

1,324 events in 208 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia in 1999, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Virginia in 1999 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 1,324
Deaths: 7
Injuries: 121
Damage: $343 million
Episodes: 208

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.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	364	1	3	$1.2 million
Drought	232	0	0	$130 million
Hail	145	0	0	$40 million
Flash Flood	142	1	1	$21 million
Winter Storm	113	0	0	$58,000
Winter Weather	57	0	0
Heavy Rain	57	0	0
Heat	50	1	92
High Wind	42	1	1	$146,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)	34	1	0	$142 million
Flood	17	0	0
Lightning	17	1	0	$116,000
Ice Storm	16	0	0	$320,000
Tornado	13	0	23	$8.6 million
Heavy Snow	7	0	0	$1,000
Wildfire	6	0	0	$106,000
Tropical Storm	5	1	0	$262,000
Cold/Wind Chill	2	0	0
Funnel Cloud	1	0	0
Dust Devil	1	0	0	$2,000
Storm Surge/Tide	1	0	1	$42,000
Strong Wind	1	0	0
Frost/Freeze	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

January 1999

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June 1999

July 1999

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September 1999

October 1999

November 1999

December 1999

Winter Weather in Virginia, December 24, 19992 events

Every year in Virginia Every state in 1999 Tornadoes in Virginia in 1999 Warnings in Virginia in 1999 1998 2000

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.