Flash Flood, Alexander
- When
- January 22, 6:00 AM CST to 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Alexander County, Countywide
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.192, -89.338 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Illinois, January 22, 1999
More heavy rain following the thunderstorms the previous evening caused a renewal of flooding problems. In Alexander County, Cairo High School was closed due to flooding problems.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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.
More heavy rain following the thunderstorms the previous evening caused a renewal of flooding problems. In Alexander County, Cairo High School was closed due to flooding problems.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Jackson
- When
- January 22, 6:00 AM CST to 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, Countywide
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.785, -89.382 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Union
- When
- January 22, 6:00 AM CST to 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Union County, Countywide
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.471, -89.255 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Williamson
- When
- January 22, 6:00 AM CST to 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Williamson County, Countywide
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.730, -88.930 (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
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 31, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, January 22, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, January 22, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 25, 1999
- Hail in Texas, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 31, 1999
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 30, 1999
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 23, 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: 5680706, 5680707, 5680708, 5680709.