Tornados
in Kansas, 1999
Tornadoes:
64 (16 above normal, and 54 below record of 118 in 1991)
Deaths: 6 (most since 1993)
Injuries: 155 (most since 1991)
Longest Track: 24 miles, Sumner into Sedgwick counties
Strongest: F4, Sedgwick County, on May 3
Most in a county: 6, Sedgwick
Days of occurrence: 22
Most in one day: 12 on May 4
First touchdown of the year: April 3, Cherokee County
Last touchdown of the year: Sept. 26, Reno County
Most in a month: 32, May
Property damage estimate: $152 million
1999 monthly tornado totals:
April, 11;
May, 32;
June, 13;
July, 6;
September, 2.
Source:
National Weather Service
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