Tornado outbreak of April 8–9, 1999 explained

Tornado outbreak of April 8–9, 1999
Type:Tornado outbreak
Active:April 8–9, 1999
Tornadoes:54 confirmed
Fujitascale:F4
Tornado Duration:30 hours
Total Fatalities:6 fatalities, 100 injuries
Damages:$82 million
Partof:Tornadoes of 1999

The tornado outbreak of April 8–9, 1999 was a widespread tornado outbreak that affected the United States in early April 1999. It is best known for producing an F4 that killed four people in the Blue Ash and Montgomery, Ohio, areas.

Confirmed tornadoes

April 8 event

F#LocationCounty Time (UTC)Path lengthDamage
Nebraska
bgcolor=# F1NW of Aurora Hamilton16004milesA grain dryer was destroyed while several center pivots and a few outbuildings were damaged.
bgcolor=# F1NE of Clarks Merrick16543milesFive sheds were destroyed and several center pivots were damaged.
bgcolor=# F0S of Belgrade Nance16561milesA chemical applicator, a barn, and fencing were damaged.
bgcolor=# F0N of St. Edward Boone17221milesCaused heavy damage to barns and outbuildings.
bgcolor=# F1NW of Schuyler Colfax18064milesCaused damage to ten farmsteads and a church.
bgcolor=# F1W of Morse Bluff Saunders, Dodge18071.5miles10 buildings were damaged, including a business that was nearly destroyed. 14 homes were also damaged.
bgcolor=# F0W of Yutan Saunders18123.5milesCaused damage to outbuildings, center pivots, and a grain bin.
bgcolor=# F0SW of Orum Washington18480.1miles4 outbuildings were damaged.
Iowa
bgcolor=# F1SE of Slater Story18332miles44 homes and businesses were damaged, including one destroyed.
bgcolor=# F0E of Hamburg Fremont1908unknownBrief touchdown with no damage.
bgcolor=# F0N of Honey Creek Pottawattamie19180.3milesBrief touchdown with no damage.
bgcolor=# F1Shenandoah area Page19225milesMinimal damage occurred.
bgcolor=# F1S of Clarinda Page19368milesA workhorse was killed and several homes were damaged.
bgcolor=# F1Red Oak area Montgomery19388milesSeveral metal buildings at a pig farm were destroyed, and an RV was overturned and tossed into a frame house, destroying it.
bgcolor=# F1NE of Clarinda Page19489milesMinimal damage occurred.
bgcolor=# F0Villisca area Montgomery19545milesCaused damage to trees and outbuildings.
bgcolor=# F4NW of Guss to SE of Casey Taylor, Adams, Cass, Adair195449milesThis was a mile-wide wedge tornado. Farmsteads were swept clean by the tornado and checks and papers were carried several dozen miles from their original locations. One horse was thrown by a tornado and sustained severe injuries. 2 people were injured by the storm and damage amounts were pegged a $1 million in both Adair and Adams Counties.
bgcolor=# F4SE of Creston to NW of Granger Union, Madison, Dallas204856milesDamage amounts in Union County were pegged at $2 million, and at $350,000 in Madison County. One person was injured by the tornado. One car with its occupant was thrown 250 feet away by the tornado but was uninjured. Five coal cars were also knocked off a track
bgcolor=# F0Des Moines area Polk22000.2milesOne house and several trees were damaged west of downtown Des Moines.
bgcolor=# F2W of New Virginia to SE of Rising Sun Warren, Polk221332milesTornado traveled mostly through rural areas with minor property damage.
bgcolor=# F3SW of Norwood to Colfax Lucas, Warren, Marion, Jasper221839milesThree homes and a business were damaged or destroyed. 5 people were injured, and damage was pegged at around $1 million in Jasper County.
bgcolor=# F3Bloomfield to NE of Eldon Davis, Wapello231516miles64 homes and businesses in the Bloomfield area were damaged. A farmstead and outbuildings were also damaged or destroyed outside of town. In total, 178 homes and businesses were affected and 5 people were injured.
bgcolor=# F0NW of Batavia Jefferson23250.1milesBrief touchdown with no damage.
bgcolor=# F0SW of Richland Jefferson23250.1milesBrief touchdown with no damage.
Missouri
bgcolor=# F1SW of Pumpkin Center Andrew, Nodaway193013.5miles6 homes were destroyed, and two mobile homes, barns, outbuildings, and a grain bin were damaged.
bgcolor=# F2W of Bosworth to W of Atlanta Carroll, Chariton, Macon212053.5miles14 homes and 9 mobile homes were destroyed, and several outbuildings were either damaged or destroyed. Also, another 40 homes and five mobile homes were damaged. A total of 85 agricultural outbuildings were destroyed and another 37 were damaged.
bgcolor=# F1N of Wheeling Livingston21207milesA machine shed, a pole barn, a grain bin, and a garage were destroyed.
bgcolor=# F2S of Atlanta to SW of Novelty Macon, Knox222517miles5 homes, 4 barns, 2 grain bins, and 3 mobile homes were destroyed. Six other homes and several outbuildings being damaged – some of the outbuildings were destroyed.
bgcolor=# F1NE of Billingsville Cooper22304milesA church was damaged and three tractor trailers overturned.
bgcolor=# F2N of Midway Boone22554milesA mobile home, seven outbuildings, a farm, and two pieces of farm equipment were destroyed. Five homes were damaged as well.
bgcolor=# F2S of La Belle to W of Derrahs Lewis230516milesA modular home, 3 regular homes, and several sheds, barns, and outbuildings were destroyed. Three homes were also damaged.
bgcolor=# F2S of Hallsville Boone230510milesA few farm equipment storage buildings, one barn, five grain bins, and a garage were destroyed. 4 homes were damaged as well.
bgcolor=# F1N of Mexico Audrain233010milesDamage to an industrial complex, including a factory which lost parts of its roof. Several sheet metal buildings were destroyed. A barn, two equipment buildings, and two grain bins were destroyed while a barn and two homes were damaged.
bgcolor=# F1S of Osage Bluff Cole233012milesTwo barns were destroyed and 28 homes were damaged.
bgcolor=# F1NE of Linn Osage00008milesOne mobile home was destroyed while 79 permanent homes and several businesses were damaged.
bgcolor=# F0S of High Prairie Webster00150.1milesA shed was destroyed.
bgcolor=# F2Louisiana, Missouri, to NW of Florence, Illinois Pike, Missouri, Pike, Illinois, Scott003427.3milesThere was minor roof damage in Missouri. In Illinois, five barns and a grain bin were destroyed while other farm buildings, two grain bins, an equipment building, two houses, and a boat dock were damaged.
Illinois
bgcolor=# F3Hamilton, Illinois/ Warsaw, Illinois Hancock23357.5miles176 structures, including homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed including two destroyed homes in Warsaw, with many businesses and neighborhoods destroyed in Hamilton. KHQA-TV and KOKX towers were destroyed. 4 people were injured.
bgcolor=# F0E of Disco to NE of Berwick Hancock, Henderson, Warren003520milesA farm shed lost parts of its roof.
bgcolor=# F1W of Exeter Scott01104milesOne barn and three grain bins were destroyed, and several other barns were damaged. The roof of a trailer was also removed, and silos were damaged as well.
bgcolor=# F1W of Joy Prairie Morgan01279.5milesSeveral outbuildings and a barn were destroyed, while several homes, a barn, an airplane hangar and a garage were damaged. A boat was thrown off a trailer into a pond a quarter-mile away.
bgcolor=# F1Ashland area Morgan, Cass01459.3miles1 death – One home, two outbuildings, 17 trailers, a shed, a barn, a hog shelter, and a mobile home were destroyed. 17 houses, 20 trailers, a church, a laundromat, a city garage and brick buildings were also damaged.
bgcolor=# F1SW of Tallula Sangamon, Menard01539.3miles
bgcolor=# F1SW of New Douglas Madison03181miles3 farms, outbuildings, one home and a garage were damaged.
bgcolor=# F1N of Cisco Piatt03353.5miles1 death – A mobile home and two garages were destroyed, killing 1 and injuring 3 others.
bgcolor=# F0N of Janesville Cumberland, Coles04320.3milesThree homes were damaged, with a front porch and a swimming pool being destroyed.
Indiana
bgcolor=# F3E of Dupont to S of Olean Jefferson, Jennings, Ripley075618milesSeveral homes and barns were damaged, including one severely in Jefferson County. In Jennings County, 4 barns were destroyed and two homes damaged. Two metal power line towers were toppled as well. In Ripley County, four mobile homes, one house, 21 barns, 17 outbuildings, and 5 pieces of farm equipment were destroyed, while 4 mobile homes, 28 houses, 20 barns, 15 outbuildings, 7 vehicles, and 4 pieces of farm equipment were damaged. 2 livestock were killed.
Sources: Tornado History Project Storm Data - April 8, 1999

April 9 event

F#LocationCounty Time (UTC)Path lengthDamage
Indiana
bgcolor=# F0NE of Wilmington Dearborn08441milesA barn was destroyed, while a silo and four homes were damaged.
Ohio
bgcolor=# F1Addyston area (SW Cincinnati) Hamilton08550.8milesOne house was destroyed and the roof of a garage was removed.
bgcolor=# F1Tipp City area Miami09003.5milesSeveral campers and RVs were destroyed, while homes and storage buildings were damaged.
bgcolor=# F4Montgomery/Blue Ash (NE Cincinnati) to NE of Loveland Hamilton, Warren091210miles4 deaths – In Hamilton County, 91 homes and apartments and 37 businesses were destroyed. 674 homes and apartments and 44 businesses were damaged. Two fatalities occurred in a home, and two others occurred in vehicles that were thrown. Hundreds of trees were snapped and uprooted along the path. Width of the tornado was a quarter-mile wide. Several homes, garages and barns were damaged in Warren County.
bgcolor=# F2S of South Lebanon Warren09331.5milesTwo homes and a barn were damaged, including one structure that was twisted from its foundation.
bgcolor=# F1S of Middletown Champaign10000.5milesCaused damage to houses and mobile homes.
Virginia
bgcolor=# F1N of Porter Spotsylvania22173.5milesSeveral sheds were destroyed and homes were damaged.
Sources: Tornado History Project Storm Data - April 9, 1999

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