Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, January 23, 1999

Name: Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, January 23, 1999
Start: 1999-01-23T14:20
End: 1999-01-23T15:50
Location: Virginia

January 23, 1999 · NWS RNK · 6 events in 3 counties and zones

2 miles south of Indian Valley at 1430 EST and travelled north-northeast about 1/5 mile before dissipating. The tornado uprooted and snapped off trees, damaged a barn and a house, and destroyed two outbuildings.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $33,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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

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Thunderstorm winds during the afternoon hours on the 23rd resulted in damaging winds and a tornado.A tornado formed about 2.2 miles south of Indian Valley at 1430 EST and travelled north-northeast about 1/5 mile before dissipating. The tornado uprooted and snapped off trees, damaged a barn and a house, and destroyed two outbuildings. Thunderstorm winds snapped off trees in Glade Hill and Union Hall, knocked down and snapped off trees and destroyed a hay barn about 2 1/2 miles south-southwest of Indian Valley, snapped off a tree and damaged an outbuilding about 1 1/2 miles south-southeast of Indian Valley, and tore the roof off a barn, destroyed an outbuilding and snapped off and knocked over numerous trees 2 miles northeast of Dugspur.

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Event by event

5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When: January 23, 2:20 PM EST
Where: Carroll County, 2 mi NE of Dugspur
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.830, -80.580

Thunderstorm Wind, Floyd

When: January 23, 2:28 PM EST
Where: Floyd County, 3 mi SSW of Indian Vly
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.880, -80.570

Tornado, Floyd

When: January 23, 2:30 PM EST
Where: Floyd County, 2 mi S of Indian Vly
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 60 yd
Property damage: $12,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.880, -80.550

Thunderstorm Wind, Floyd

When: January 23, 2:32 PM EST
Where: Floyd County, 2 mi SSE of Indian Vly
Property damage: $500
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.900, -80.530

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: January 23, 3:50 PM EST
Where: Franklin County, Gladehill
Reported by: UNKNOWN
Coordinates: 36.980, -79.770

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: January 23, 3:50 PM EST
Where: Franklin County, Union Hall
Reported by: UNKNOWN
Coordinates: 37.000, -79.700

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Virginia in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Virginia, 1999 Warnings in Virginia, January 1999

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: 5682458, 5682456, 5682455, 5682457, 5682453, 5682454.