Storm reports for July 19, 1999

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On July 19, 1999, 38 hail, 37 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 15 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Deuel County, NE.

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 (38)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $729,000 in property damage and $111,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (79 events in 15 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Keith County, NE (near Ogallala) · Tornado F1 · $500,000
  “The tornado touched down briefly 4 miles southwest of Ogallala where its intensity was F0. The tornado then lifted and touched down again in the southeast part of Ogallala as an F1 and travelled northwest through a mobile home park destroying two trailers and damaging ten others.”
• Madison County, AL (near Owens Xrds) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $150,000
  “What may have been an intense traveling microburst felled many trees and numerous large tree limbs in Big Cove. One two-story house under construction was collapsed by the wind and a mobile home being used as a sales office was demolished (it was not tied down).”
• Stanton County, NE (near Pilger) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $20,000
  “Thunderstorm winds near 70 mph downed large trees from Pilger to around 4 miles north of town and did some minor house damage.”
• Hooker County, NE (near Mullen) · Thunderstorm wind 92 mph · $7,000
  “Thunderstorm wind damaged, broke, or blew down numerous trees southwest of Mullen and in Mullen.”
• Butte County, SD (near Vale) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $5,000
  “Doors torn off a barn. Two horses were killed and another injured.”
• Monroe County, GA (near Forsyth) · Thunderstorm wind · $5,000
  “Thunderstorm winds knocked trees and power lines down. A large tree fell on a funeral home chapel, causing damage.”

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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