Heavy Rain in the Southeast; Wintry Mix from the Plains through the Ohio Valley

A storm system will bring a number impacts to the central and eastern US. Heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected in the Gulf Coast and Deep South. Further north, a wintry mix may produce a glaze of ice from the Ozarks/Mid-South east through the Ohio Valley. Accumulating snow is expected from the central Plains east into the Upper Ohio Valley/Lower Great Lakes. Read More >

May 17, 1999
Counties: Dubois
F-scale: F0
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Time: 5:20pm
Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado in Birdseye.

May 17, 1999
Counties: Crawford
F-scale: F1
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Time: 5:25pm
Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path length of 1 1/2 miles...NCDC and Storm Data lists 1 mile. SPC has no listing for path width, NCDC says 73 yards, Storm Data says 50 yards.
Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado in Eckerty.

May 17, 1999
Counties: Crawford
F-scale: F1
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Path width: 73 yards
Path length: 1 mile
Time: 5:30pm
Noted discrepancies: This tornado is not listed at SPC.
Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado in Eckerty.

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Heavy Rain in the Southeast; Wintry Mix from the Plains through the Ohio Valley

Tornadoes of May 17, 1999