The tornado outbreak of January 22, 1999

43 tornadoesMississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and 5 more states

43 tornadoes touched down across 8 states between 12:52 AM and 7:35 PM CST, 2 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 1 people were killed.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · January 22, 1999

How the day unfolded

Every tornado recorded that day, at its logged touchdown time and along its path, with the counties it crossed.

About this replay

Central time—Historical replay — logged touchdown times

Tornadoes—of 43 that day

Strongest so far—

Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day in numbers

Tornadoes: 43; on Friday, January 22, 1999
F3 or stronger: 2; None rated F4 or F5
Killed: 1; Along all the paths
Injured: 19; Along all the paths
Path miles: 158; All the paths end to end
First and last: 12:52 AM to 7:35 PM; Touchdowns, Central Standard Time

Hour by hour

Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Standard Time.

Every tornado

In order of touchdown.

Tornadoes of January 22, 1999

12:52 AM	F1	Ballard County KY	1.0	100	0	6
1:00 AM	F1	McCracken County KY	1.3	100	0	2
1:15 AM	F2	Pope County IL	1.5	150	0	0
1:50 AM	F1	Union Parish, Union County LA, AR	21.0	40	0	0
2:25 AM	F1	Grant County AR	3.0	100	0	0
3:20 AM	F3	Benton County TN	15.0	220	1	5
4:15 AM	F3	Montgomery County TN	4.3	880	0	5
4:25 AM	F1	Shelby County TN	3.5	100	0	0
4:43 AM	F2	Humphreys County TN	4.0	220	0	1
5:02 AM	F0	Natchitoches Parish, Red River Parish LA	10.7	0	0	0
5:10 AM	F0	DeSoto County MS	2.0	0	0	0
5:49 AM	F1	Bienville Parish, Jackson Parish LA	20.5	0	0	0
5:52 AM	F1	Jackson Parish, Ouachita Parish LA	21.9	0	0	0
6:22 AM	F1	Lincoln Parish LA	11.9	40	0	0
8:23 AM	F0	Chicot County AR	1.5	50	0	0
9:25 AM	F0	Jefferson County MS	1.0	50	0	0
9:45 AM	F0	Claiborne County MS	1.0	50	0	0
10:15 AM	F0	Hinds County MS	1.0	50	0	0
10:20 AM	F0	Holmes County MS	1.0	50	0	0
10:30 AM	F0	Newton County TX	1.0	10	0	0
10:40 AM	F0	Vernon Parish LA	1.0	10	0	0
10:58 AM	F0	Hinds County MS	1.0	50	0	0
11:25 AM	F0	Chester County TN	0.1	10	0	0
12:05 PM	F0	Hardeman County TN	0.1	10	0	0
12:09 PM	F0	Natchitoches Parish LA	3.0	0	0	0
12:10 PM	F0	Grant Parish LA	3.8	20	0	0
12:35 PM	F1	Alcorn County MS	5.0	50	0	0
1:15 PM	F0	Concordia Parish LA	1.0	50	0	0
2:32 PM	F0	Carroll County MS	1.0	50	0	0
2:40 PM	F0	Warren County MS	4.0	50	0	0
3:00 PM	F0	Holmes County MS	1.0	50	0	0
3:15 PM	F0	Prentiss County MS	0.2	20	0	0
3:39 PM	F0	Franklin County AL	0.3	30	0	0
3:43 PM	F0	Colbert County AL	1.0	30	0	0
4:43 PM	F0	Morgan County AL	0.3	30	0	0
4:52 PM	F0	Fayette County AL	0.2	30	0	0
5:10 PM	F1	Bowie County TX	0.3	0	0	0
5:10 PM	F0	Lee County MS	0.1	10	0	0
5:15 PM	F0	Pike County MS	0.1	20	0	0
5:15 PM	F1	Winston County AL	1.5	0	0	0
5:20 PM	F0	Prentiss County MS	0.1	10	0	0
5:45 PM	F0	Lawrence County MS	1.0	0	0	0
7:35 PM	F0	Miller County AR	3.6	0	0	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, January 22, 1999

Mississippi	15	0	0
Louisiana	9	0	0
Tennessee	6	2	1
Alabama	5	0	0
Arkansas	3	0	0
Kentucky	2	0	0
Texas	2	0	0
Illinois	1	0	0

Tornadoes in 1999 · On this date in other years · The biggest outbreak days

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; an outbreak day here has 40 or more tornadoes, or 6 or more rated F3/EF3 or stronger.