Flood, Marion
- When
- July 1, 3:30 PM CST to 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.650, -88.919 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Illinois, July 1, 1999
Rainfall of 2 - 3 inches caused considerable ponding of water on county roads. A few small creeks in the southern part of the county also flooded closing a couple of roads.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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 LSX wrote it up.
Rainfall of 2 - 3 inches caused considerable ponding of water on county roads. A few small creeks in the southern part of the county also flooded closing a couple of roads.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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
- Flooding in Florida, 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
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, 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: 5710077.