Flash Flood, Jefferson
- When
- January 21, 11:30 PM CST to January 22, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.301, -88.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Illinois, January 21 to 22, 1999
Thunderstorms produced very heavy rain during the evening of the 21st. The axis of heaviest rain was from around Carbondale and Marion southwest, however, even the Mt.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 PAH wrote it up.
Thunderstorms produced very heavy rain during the evening of the 21st. The axis of heaviest rain was from around Carbondale and Marion southwest, however, even the Mt. Vernon area received 2 to 4 inches of rain. Flash flooding of roads and small streams resulted.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Hamilton
- When
- January 21, 11:30 PM CST to January 22, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.082, -88.539 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Wayne
- When
- January 21, 11:30 PM CST to January 22, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wayne County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.430, -88.426 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Indiana, January 21 to 23, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, January 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: 5680587, 5680588, 5680589.