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1999 tornadoes in Texas

165 tornadoes touched down in Texas in 1999, 30 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 6 people and injured 75. 1 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

1998 2000 The whole country in 1999

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

F040 to 72 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F173 to 112 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2113 to 157 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
F3158 to 206 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4207 to 260 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5261 to 318 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Texas in 1999

January 1 13 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
January 1	1:00 PM CST	F1	Walker	2.5	0	7	$120,000
January 1	1:23 PM CST	F0	Walker	0.3	0	1	$10,000
January 1	1:41 PM CST	F2	Trinity	5.0	500		$750,000
January 1	1:53 PM CST	F0	Walker	0.3	0		$10,000
January 1	2:08 PM CST	F0	Trinity	0.5	50		$40,000
January 1	7:15 PM CST	F0	Wilson	0.1	20
January 1	7:21 PM CST	F0	Guadalupe	0.1	30
January 1	8:05 PM CST	F0	Gonzales	0.1	30
January 1	9:45 PM CST	F0	Lavaca	0.1	30
January 1	9:58 PM CST	F1	Panola	5.3	50		$10,000
January 1	10:33 PM CST	F1	Montgomery	8.0	0		$70,000
January 1	11:40 PM CST	F2	Liberty	4.0	100		$180,000
January 1	11:45 PM CST	F3	Jefferson	5.5	400	5	$500,000

January 2 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 2	12:20 AM CST	F1	Galveston	0.5	0			$40,000
January 2	12:26 AM CST	F0	Galveston	0.3	0			$30,000
January 2	12:45 AM CST	F2	Jasper	4.5	250	1	10	$1.3 million

January 22 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 22	10:30 AM CST	F0	Newton	1.0	10			$30,000
January 22	5:10 PM CST	F1	Bowie	0.3	0			$40,000

January 29 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 29	2:20 PM CST	F2	Jasper	17.0	300			$40,000
January 29	3:20 PM CST	F0	Newton	1.0	50			$10,000

March 2 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 2	5:30 PM CST	F2	Nacogdoches	5.5	150			$360,000
March 2	5:52 PM CST	F1	Newton	5.0	50			$50,000
March 2	6:20 PM CST	F0	Jasper	3.0	30			$70,000
March 2	6:45 PM CST	F1	Jasper	5.0	20			$10,000
March 2	6:55 PM CST	F3	Newton	12.0	500	1	6	$750,000

March 8 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 8	9:37 AM CST	F0	Bosque	0.1	0
March 8	10:20 AM CST	F0	Hill	0.1	0

March 12 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 12	2:15 PM CST	F2	McCulloch	2.0	0	$100,000
March 12	2:40 PM CST	F2	San Saba	8.0	100	$300,000
March 12	5:40 PM CST	F0	Burnet	0.5	20
March 12	6:35 PM CST	F0	Zavala	0.5	100
March 12	7:05 PM CST	F1	Frio	1.5	250
March 12	10:10 PM CST	F1	Tyler	3.0	20	$100,000

March 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 19	4:25 AM CST	F0	Harris	0.3	0			$30,000

March 27 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 27	5:10 PM CST	F0	Val Verde	0.2	30
March 27	6:35 PM CST	F1	Uvalde	1.5	300	$30,000
March 27	10:40 PM CST	F0	Hidalgo	0.2	30

March 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 28	4:35 AM CST	F0	Brazoria	0.3	0			$50,000

April 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 2	5:15 PM CST	F0	Stonewall	0.1	30

April 3 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 3	3:42 PM CST	F0	Walker	0.3	0		$30,000
April 3	3:51 PM CST	F3	Shelby to LA	5.4	150	1	$520,000
April 3	4:17 PM CST	F0	Montgomery	0.3	0		$30,000

April 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 4	6:40 PM CDT	F2	Cherokee	4.5	50			$10,000

April 13 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 13	5:00 PM CDT	F0	Upton	3.0	100
April 13	5:45 PM CDT	F1	Midland	0.5	150	$20,000
April 13	8:30 PM CDT	F0	Fisher	0.1	10

April 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 14	8:45 AM CDT	F0	Montgomery	0.3	50			$250,000

April 26 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 26	5:30 AM CDT	F0	Mills	0.1	0		$10,000
April 26	9:35 AM CDT	F0	Anderson	1.0	0	1	$30,000
April 26	9:40 AM CDT	F0	Anderson	0.1	0		$10,000
April 26	9:42 AM CDT	F1	Fannin	0.2	0		$40,000
April 26	10:31 AM CDT	F0	Rains	0.1	0
April 26	1:12 PM CDT	F1	Nacogdoches	5.4	100		$190,000
April 26	1:30 PM CDT	F1	Panola	3.0	100		$30,000
April 26	5:21 PM CDT	F0	Willacy	2.9	30		$10,000
April 26	5:35 PM CDT	F0	Cameron	1.8	30

April 30 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 30	11:30 AM CDT	F2	Reeves	1.0	170
April 30	11:40 AM CDT	F2	Loving	6.0	170	$20,000
April 30	4:40 PM CDT	F0	Gaines	1.0	100
April 30	6:04 PM CDT	F0	Yoakum	0.1	30
April 30	6:38 PM CDT	F0	Yoakum	0.1	30

May 1 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 1	3:46 PM CDT	F0	Ector	0.7	100
May 1	4:37 PM CDT	F1	Gaines	2.5	120	$10,000
May 1	5:36 PM CDT	F0	Martin	0.1	80
May 1	6:09 PM CDT	F0	Castro	0.1	100
May 1	6:18 PM CDT	F0	Castro	0.1	30
May 1	8:07 PM CDT	F0	Hartley	0.1	50
May 1	8:42 PM CDT	F0	Lamb	0.1	30
May 1	8:43 PM CDT	F0	Lamb	0.1	30
May 1	8:43 PM CDT	F0	Hale	0.2	30

May 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 3	8:08 PM CDT	F0	Nolan	0.1	10

May 4 12 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 4	2:55 AM CDT	F2	Schleicher	23.0	250			$10,000
May 4	12:45 PM CDT	F2	Red River to OK	14.6	100		7	$600,000
May 4	2:04 PM CDT	F3	Franklin to AR	71.5	50	1	22	$125 million
May 4	3:03 PM CDT	F2	Gregg	2.2	117			$6.0 million
May 4	3:06 PM CDT	F2	Gregg	9.7	0		2	$19 million
May 4	3:40 PM CDT	F0	Harrison	2.2	0
May 4	3:50 PM CDT	F1	Harrison	4.6	50
May 4	5:00 PM CDT	F0	Van Zandt	0.2	0
May 4	5:20 PM CDT	F0	Henderson	0.2	10
May 4	6:38 PM CDT	F1	Anderson	1.0	150		4	$300,000
May 4	7:14 PM CDT	F0	Anderson	0.2	10
May 4	7:52 PM CDT	F2	Cherokee	22.7	200

May 9 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 9	4:55 PM CDT	F0	Pecos	0.5	120
May 9	5:50 PM CDT	F0	Garza	0.1	30
May 9	8:41 PM CDT	F0	Dickens	0.1	30	$2,000

May 10 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 10	7:50 AM CDT	F1	Tyler	4.5	50	$50,000
May 10	7:55 AM CDT	F0	Hardin	2.0	50	$50,000
May 10	7:55 AM CDT	F0	Jasper	1.0	0	$10,000
May 10	8:05 AM CDT	F0	Jasper	2.0	0	$20,000
May 10	8:10 AM CDT	F1	Jasper	3.0	50	$100,000
May 10	8:40 AM CDT	F0	Newton	2.0	0	$30,000

May 11 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 11	4:18 PM CDT	F0	San Saba	0.2	50
May 11	5:57 PM CDT	F0	San Saba	0.2	20
May 11	6:05 PM CDT	F4	Mason	7.0	1,400	1	6	$750,000
May 11	8:20 PM CDT	F3	Gillespie	3.5	200			$1.0 million

May 16 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 16	6:50 PM CDT	F0	Kent	0.1	30
May 16	7:34 PM CDT	F0	Dickens	0.5	50
May 16	8:39 PM CDT	F1	Foard	0.5	50	$10,000

May 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 17	7:35 PM CDT	F0	Sutton	0.1	10

May 20 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 20	6:04 PM CDT	F0	Gray	0.1	0
May 20	6:19 PM CDT	F0	Gray	0.1	0
May 20	6:44 PM CDT	F0	Donley	0.5	50
May 20	8:02 PM CDT	F0	Donley	0.1	0
May 20	8:29 PM CDT	F0	Childress	0.1	30
May 20	8:48 PM CDT	F0	Childress	0.1	30

May 25 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 25	4:22 PM CDT	F0	Hale	0.1	30
May 25	5:35 PM CDT	F1	Jasper	3.0	20	$120,000
May 25	5:58 PM CDT	F0	Randall	0.3	0
May 25	6:05 PM CDT	F0	Randall	1.0	0	$10,000
May 25	6:38 PM CDT	F0	Taylor	0.1	10
May 25	7:00 PM CDT	F0	Runnels	0.1	10
May 25	8:40 PM CDT	F0	Jones	0.1	10
May 25	8:55 PM CDT	F0	Randall	0.1	0	$40,000

May 26 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 26	7:44 PM CDT	F0	Loving	0.4	100
May 26	8:30 PM CDT	F0	Winkler	0.3	150
May 26	11:20 PM CDT	F0	Pecos	0.3	100

May 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 27	6:15 PM CDT	F0	Jasper	1.0	10			$10,000

May 30 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 30	6:30 PM CDT	F1	Fort Bend	1.0	100	$100,000
May 30	9:50 PM CDT	F1	Lavaca	0.2	30	$10,000
May 30	10:15 PM CDT	F1	Lavaca	0.1	20	$50,000

May 31 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 31	7:06 PM CDT	F0	Glasscock	0.3	70
May 31	7:30 PM CDT	F0	Sterling	0.1	10

June 1 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 1	7:00 PM CDT	F0	Erath	0.1	20			$2,000
June 1	9:22 PM CDT	F0	Erath	0.1	10

June 2 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 2	7:45 PM CDT	F0	Swisher	0.1	30
June 2	8:28 PM CDT	F0	Roberts	0.1	0

June 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 6	7:34 PM CDT	F0	Fisher	0.1	10

June 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 7	9:30 AM CDT	F0	Galveston	0.5	50			$30,000

June 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 8	12:15 PM CDT	F0	Harris	0.5	50			$30,000

June 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 10	7:41 PM CDT	F0	Haskell	0.1	10

June 11 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 11	6:10 PM CDT	F0	Crosby	0.1	30
June 11	6:47 PM CDT	F1	Crosby	0.1	30	$10,000
June 11	7:10 PM CDT	F1	Lubbock	0.1	30	$10,000
June 11	9:56 PM CDT	F0	Mitchell	0.1	10
June 11	10:37 PM CDT	F0	Fisher	0.1	10

June 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 15	3:30 PM CDT	F0	Montgomery	0.5	50			$10,000

June 24 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 24	4:56 PM CDT	F0	Hutchinson	0.1	0
June 24	7:00 PM CDT	F0	Potter	0.2	50

June 29 11 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 29	7:05 PM CDT	F0	Hansford	0.1	0
June 29	7:12 PM CDT	F0	Hansford	1.0	50
June 29	7:21 PM CDT	F0	Hansford	0.1	0
June 29	7:39 PM CDT	F0	Hansford	0.1	0
June 29	7:42 PM CDT	F0	Carson	0.1	0
June 29	7:50 PM CDT	F0	Hansford	0.1	0	$10,000
June 29	7:56 PM CDT	F0	Hansford	0.1	0
June 29	7:58 PM CDT	F0	Carson	0.8	50
June 29	8:13 PM CDT	F0	Carson	0.3	0
June 29	8:15 PM CDT	F0	Carson	0.1	0
June 29	12:50 AM CDT	F0	Hansford	0.2	0	$30,000

July 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 12	4:25 PM CDT	F1	Galveston	2.0	0			$100,000

July 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 28	3:30 PM CDT	F0	Jeff Davis	0.5	50

July 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 29	12:40 PM CDT	F1	Jeff Davis	1.5	60			$10,000

August 22 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
August 22	4:15 PM CDT	F0	Aransas	0.1	10
August 22	5:45 PM CDT	F0	Kleberg	0.1	10
August 22	7:20 PM CDT	F0	Jim Wells	0.1	10

August 23 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 23	3:30 PM CDT	F0	Hidalgo	0.2	30			$10,000
August 23	4:15 PM CDT	F0	Hidalgo	0.3	30

August 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 24	5:45 PM CDT	F0	Knox	0.5	0

August 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 28	4:40 PM CDT	F0	Runnels	0.1	10

August 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 29	5:10 PM CDT	F0	Colorado	0.5	50			$100,000

December 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 2	9:40 PM CST	F1	Wise	5.5	100	2	3	$600,000

December 4 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
December 4	1:45 PM CST	F0	Cass	0.9	0
December 4	2:06 PM CST	F0	Bowie	2.1	0
December 4	3:20 PM CST	F1	Harrison	1.6	140	$40,000

Nearby

Every tornado in Texas since 1950 Warnings in force in Texas The live radar over Texas

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.