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Indiana, 1999

The year's recorded storm events, federal disaster declarations and flood insurance claims.

804events recorded1,116 in 1998

6deaths recorded14 injuries

$55Mproperty damage (estimates)

1disaster declarations169 NFIP claims, $1.3M paid

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders.

Events by hazard

Wind264

Flood187

Winter150

Hail141

Drought30

Heat14

Tornado12

Lightning6

Includes events recorded by forecast zone. The state's yearly total for 1999 was 804 against 1,116 in 1998.

Counties with the most recorded events

County	Events in 1999
Vanderburgh County	26
Gibson County	25
Posey County	24
Marion County	22
Warrick County	22
Pike County	21
Allen County	20
Spencer County	18
Morgan County	16
Tippecanoe County	16
Johnson County	15
Owen County	15
Wayne County	15
Putnam County	13
Knox County	12
Parke County	12
Dearborn County	11
Elkhart County	11
Grant County	11
LaPorte County	11
St. Joseph County	11
Shelby County	11
Sullivan County	11
Crawford County	10
Fountain County	10

Notable events

Date	County	Event type	Magnitude	Property damage	Deaths	Injuries
22 Jan 1999	Grant	Flood	—	—	2	—
22 Jan 1999	Union	Flood	—	—	2	—
17 May 1999	Greene	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	—	1	2
8 Apr 1999	Hamilton	Lightning	—	—	1	—
9 Apr 1999	Jennings	Thunderstorm Wind	115 mph	$50,000	—	3
9 Apr 1999	Ripley	Tornado	F3	$1,400,000	—	2
22 Jan 1999	Howard	Flood	—	$14,000,000	—	—
28 Sep 1999	Tippecanoe	Tornado	F1	$300,000	—	1
17 May 1999	Lawrence	Lightning	—	$150,000	—	1
17 May 1999	Sullivan	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	$20,000	—	1
17 May 1999	Putnam	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	$20,000	—	1
22 Jan 1999	Dubois	Flash Flood	—	—	—	1
17 May 1999	Hamilton	Thunderstorm Wind	64 mph	—	—	1
6 Jul 1999	Delaware	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	—	—	1
22 Jan 1999	Knox	Flood	—	$2,000,000	—	—
21 Jan 1999	Daviess	Flood	—	$2,000,000	—	—
22 Jan 1999	Delaware	Flood	—	$1,700,000	—	—
22 Jan 1999	Hamilton	Flood	—	$1,700,000	—	—
21 Jan 1999	Owen	Flood	—	$1,700,000	—	—
22 Jan 1999	Greene	Flood	—	$1,700,000	—	—
22 Jan 1999	Madison	Flood	—	$1,700,000	—	—
21 Jan 1999	Monroe	Flood	—	$1,700,000	—	—
22 Jan 1999	Marion	Flood	—	$1,700,000	—	—
22 Jan 1999	Morgan	Flood	—	$1,700,000	—	—
22 Jan 1999	Johnson	Flood	—	$1,700,000	—	—
21 Jan 1999	Knox	Flood	—	$1,700,000	—	—
27 Jan 1999	Martin	Flood	—	$1,250,000	—	—
23 Jan 1999	Bartholomew	Flood	—	$1,250,000	—	—
23 Jan 1999	Lawrence	Flood	—	$1,250,000	—	—
22 Jan 1999	Jackson	Flood	—	$1,250,000	—	—
22 Jan 1999	Boone	Flood	—	$1,000,000	—	—
22 Jan 1999	Warren	Flood	—	$1,000,000	—	—
22 Jan 1999	Vermillion	Flood	—	$1,000,000	—	—
22 Jan 1999	Fountain	Flood	—	$1,000,000	—	—
22 Jan 1999	Parke	Flood	—	$1,000,000	—	—
22 Jan 1999	Tippecanoe	Flood	—	$1,000,000	—	—
22 Jan 1999	Sullivan	Flood	—	$1,000,000	—	—
22 Jan 1999	Vigo	Flood	—	$1,000,000	—	—
21 Jan 1999	Delaware	Flood	—	$375,000	—	—
21 Jan 1999	Randolph	Flood	—	$375,000	—	—

Up to 40 events with deaths, injuries, damage of $50,000 or more, or a tornado rating, ranked by deaths, injuries and damage.

Federal disaster declarations in 1999

Declared	Number	Type	Incident	Title	Counties
15 Jan 1999	EM-3135	Emergency	Snowstorm	In-Winter Storm 12/23/98	57

Flood insurance claims with a 1999 date of loss

169 NFIP claims, 126 of them paid, for $1,268,551.

Sources: NOAA NCEI Storm Events through 30 Jun 2026; OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2 (1 Oct 2026); OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 (8 Sep 2026). Built 1 Oct 2026.