Storm reports for July 29, 1999

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On July 29, 1999, 23 hail, 51 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 16 states. The largest hail reported was 2.50″ (tennis ball size) in Nottoway 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 (23)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $344,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (75 events in 16 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Etowah County, AL (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $75,000
  “Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the county. The hardest hit areas included Gadsden, Attalla, Hokes Bluff, Rainbow City and Glencoe. The Etowah County EOC measured a wind gust of 62 miles an hour at 1735. Several homes received damage from the fallen trees.”
• Colbert County, AL (near Tuscumbia) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $25,000
  “Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down by thunderstorm winds. Several trees fell onto houses and mobile homes in the southern part of Tuscumbia. Numerous customers were temporarily without power.”
• Madison County, AL (near Huntsville) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $15,000
  “Numerous reports of trees and power lines down were received from across the city of Huntsville. Power outages were widespread across the area and many roads were blocked because of downed trees.”
• Franklin County, TN (near Cowan) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $10,000
  “Sheriff's department reported damage to al large metal building.”
• Jeff Davis County, TX (near Ft Davis) · Tornado F1 · $10,000
  “A landspout tornado formed on a developing thunderstorm in the Davis Mountains in the Limpia Crossing Subdivision west of Fort Davis. A similar landspout formed the previous day very near to this location.”
• Berkshire County, MA (near Williamstown) · Thunderstorm wind · $10,000
  “A strong warm front and favourable wind shear aloft allowed for some thunderstorms to become strong to locally severe across Western Massachusetts late on the evening of July 29. Thunderstorms produced destructive wind gusts from Williamstown to Clarksburg in Berkshire county.”

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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