Storm reports for January 18, 1999

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On January 18, 1999, 7 hail, 42 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 8 states. The largest hail reported was 1.00″ (quarter size) in Chesterfield County, VA.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (7)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $293,000 in property damage and 19 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (51 events in 8 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Bedford County, PA (near Bedford) · Tornado F0 · $50,000
  “A small tornado touched down on the north side of Bedford, taking down about a dozen trees and damaging the roofs of a couple of houses. Some of the needle and limb debris from the trees actually made a nice 10 foot circle in the snow next to one home.”
• Lycoming County, PA (near Unityville) · Thunderstorm wind · $10,000
  “A couple watched as winds lifted a 32 foot camping vehicle into the air in the backyard of their Unityville home. The 9,000 lb. vehicle was tossed over a 12-foot shed, landing in a field on the other side in a crumpled mess.”
• Cambria County, PA (near Carrolltown) · Thunderstorm wind · $10,000
  “Winds tore shingles off a roof of a home 2 miles NW of Colver. Just east of the area, a mobile home lost its metal roof.”
• Blair County, PA (near Altoona) · Thunderstorm wind · $10,000
  “A couple of trees were blown down, including one that fell on a house.”
• Franklin County, PA (near Waynesboro) · Thunderstorm wind · $10,000
  “Windows were blown out of a house and trees were down.”
• Harford County, MD (near Aberdeen) · Thunderstorm wind · $7,000
  “Shed Destroyed, 2 trees and a telephone pole downed, and tree on home”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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