Flood, Charlotte
- When
- July 1, 5:30 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Charlotte County, Port Charlotte
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 26.900, -81.950 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Florida, July 1, 1999
Localized heavy rainfall of four to six inches in less than three hours caused urban and small stream flooding along and east of Interstate 75 corridor from Port Charlotte in Charlotte County south to Lehigh Acres in Lee County. Four piglets were drowned by floodwaters in North Fort Myers and several vehicles incurred water damage in Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $225,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
Localized heavy rainfall of four to six inches in less than three hours caused urban and small stream flooding along and east of Interstate 75 corridor from Port Charlotte in Charlotte County south to Lehigh Acres in Lee County. Four piglets were drowned by floodwaters in North Fort Myers and several vehicles incurred water damage in Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Lee
- When
- July 1, 5:30 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lee County, North Ft Myers
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 26.625, -81.849 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in Pennsylvania, July 1 to 31, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, July 1, 1999
- Drought in Virginia, July 1 to 31, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 1, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 1 to 29, 1999
- Tornado in Kentucky, July 1, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 1, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 1, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 1 to 27, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 1 to 2, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, July 1 to 30, 1999
More
Every storm in Florida in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5715396, 5715397.