Storms in Wisconsin in 1999

1,289 events in 242 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin 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: 1,289
Deaths: 17
Injuries: 60
Damage: $17 million
Episodes: 242

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	448	3	3	$3.4 million
Heat	180	12	0
Hail	136	0	2	$1.2 million
Winter Storm	83	0	6
Dense Fog	82	0	0
Flood	58	0	8	$2.4 million
Lightning	55	1	3	$290,000
Strong Wind	50	0	0	$100,000
Cold/Wind Chill	37	0	0
Funnel Cloud	27	0	0
Heavy Snow	24	1	20	$130,000
Flash Flood	24	0	6	$7.9 million
Drought	22	0	0
Blizzard	19	0	5	$11,000
Winter Weather	11	0	0
Tornado	11	0	7	$1.9 million
Ice Storm	8	0	0
High Wind	7	0	0	$17,000
Waterspout	4	0	0
Heavy Rain	3	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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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.