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1999 Tornado Fatality Information

Buna TX Bemis TN Grand Jct TN Atwood TN Center Hill AR Sunnydale AR Little Rock AR Beebe AR Camden TN Holly Springs TX Benton LA Ashland IL 3N Cisco IL Blue Ash OH Hebron MS 3E Pembroke NC Amber OK Blanchard OK Moore OK Del City OK Peck/Wichita KS Shawnee OK Dover OK Crescent/Mulhall OK 15W Stillwater OK 3NNW Winfield TX Linden TN Loyal Valley TX 3S Logan IA 7W Hulbert OK Raymond IL Oglala SD Salt Lake City UT Chico TX
All times are CST.
Num Date Time Location Deaths F Watch
January     Killer Tornadoes: 9     Fatalities: 18
01 Jan 2 12:55 AM Buna TX 1 F2 WT0003
The tornado rolled a tied-down mobile home at least 5 times. This is where the fatality occurred.
 
02 Jan 17 06:25 PM Bemis TN 6 F4 WT0012
The tornado destroyed over 200 homes.
 
03 Jan 17 06:40 PM Grand Jct TN 1 F1 WT0012
Over 40 homes were damaged or destroyed.
 
04 Jan 17 07:05 PM Atwood TN 1 F1 WT0013
 
05 Jan 21 04:45 PM Center Hill AR 2 F2 WT0018
 
06 Jan 21 06:20 PM Sunnydale AR 1 F2 WT0018
 
07 Jan 21 06:47 PM Little Rock AR 3 F3 WT0018
At least 750 structures were damaged by this tornado.
 
08 Jan 21 07:35 PM Beebe AR 2 F3 WT0018
 
09 Jan 22 03:30 AM Camden TN 1 F3 WT0027
About 40 structures were damaged.
March     Killer Tornadoes: 1     Fatalities: 1
10 Mar 2 06:55 PM Holly Springs TX 1 F3 WS0063
Over 25 buildings damaged or destroyed.
April     Killer Tornadoes: 6     Fatalities: 15
11 Apr 3 04:03 PM Benton LA 7 F4 WT0112
Over 380 businesses and homes were damaged/destroyed by this violent tornado.
 
12 Apr 8 07:57 PM Ashland IL 1 F1 WT0138
 
13 Apr 8 09:35 PM 3N Cisco IL 1 F1 WT0138
 
14 Apr 9 04:15 AM Blue Ash OH 4 F4 WT0141
Nearly 800 structures were damaged or destroyed by this early morning tornado.
 
15 Apr 14 10:00 PM Hebron MS 1 F3 WT0156
 
16 Apr 15 07:15 PM 3E Pembroke NC 1 F2 WT0159
May     Killer Tornadoes: 13     Fatalities: 53
17 May 3 05:23 PM Amber OK 12 F5 WT0198
 
17 May 3 06:00 PM Blanchard OK 1 F4 WT0198
 
17 May 3 06:12 PM Moore OK 11 F5 WT0198
 
17 May 3 06:30 PM Del City OK 12 F4 WT0198
 
18 May 3 07:30 PM Peck/Wichita KS 6 F4 WT0200
 
19 May 3 08:05 PM Shawnee OK 1 F2 WT0198
 
20 May 3 08:10 PM Dover OK 1 F4 WT0198
Over 1/3 of Dover was destroyed.
 
21 May 3 08:25 PM Crescent/Mulhall OK 1 F4 WT0198
 
21 May 3 09:20 PM 15W Stillwater OK 1 F2 WT0198
 
22 May 4 01:04 PM 3NNW Winfield TX 1 F3 WT0208
Seven Homes destroyed.
 
23 May 5 07:20 PM Linden TN 3 F4 WT0218
 
24 May 11 05:05 PM Loyal Valley TX 1 F4 WT0248
Large multi-vortex tornado. Two homes completely destroyed.
 
25 May 16 03:16 PM 3S Logan IA 2 F3 WT0272
June     Killer Tornadoes: 3     Fatalities: 4
26 Jun 1 04:35 PM 7W Hulbert OK 2 F3 WT0352
 
27 Jun 1 06:00 PM Raymond IL 1 F3 WT0353
 
28 Jun 4 06:30 PM Oglala SD 1 F2 WT0379
Two tornadoes reported. 30 to 50 buildings damaged.
August     Killer Tornadoes: 1     Fatalities: 1
29 Aug 11 11:46 AM Salt Lake City UT 1 F2
First tornado fatality in Utah in recorded history.
December     Killer Tornadoes: 1     Fatalities: 2
30 Dec 2 09:40 PM Chico TX 2 F1 WS713

StateKiller TorFatalities
OK 9 42
TN 5 12
AR 4 8
LA 1 7
TX 5 6
KS 1 6
OH 1 4
IL 3 3
IA 1 2
MS 1 1
NC 1 1
SD 1 1
UT 1 1
TOTAL 34 94
F ScaleKiller TorFatalities
F0 0 0
F1 5 6
F2 8 9
F3 9 14
F4 10 42
F5 2 23
F? 0 0
TOTAL 34 94
CircumstanceFatalities
Mobile Home 36
Permanent Home 39
Vehicle 6
Business 3
Outside/Open 10
TOTAL 94


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