Flash Flood, Shelby
- When
- June 1, 10:30 PM CST to June 2, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County, East Portion
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.391, -88.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Illinois, June 1 to 2, 1999
Slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall across the area during the late evening hours on June 1st and early morning hours of June 2nd. Rainfall amounts of 4 to 6 inches were common within a three hour period in eastern Shelby County and central Coles County.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- $3.0 million
- 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 ILX wrote it up.
Slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall across the area during the late evening hours on June 1st and early morning hours of June 2nd. Rainfall amounts of 4 to 6 inches were common within a three hour period in eastern Shelby County and central Coles County. In Coles County, Mattoon sustained most of the damage. Dozens of residents became stranded by flood waters as it surrounded a housing development. Thirty to 42 apartments were inundated in the complex. An estimated additional 100 homes and businesses were affected by the flood waters as well. In Shelby County, 70 families were forced from their homes due to flooding, although only minor structural damage was reported there. Damage in Coles County was estimated around $3 million. No injuries were reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Coles
- When
- June 1, 10:30 PM CST to June 2, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Coles County, Central Portion
- Property damage
- $3.0 million
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.520, -88.222 (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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in Illinois, June 1, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, June 1, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 1, 1999
- Tornadoes in Missouri, June 1, 1999
- Tornadoes in Illinois, June 1, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, June 1, 1999
- Flooding and Hail in Kansas, June 1 to 28, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 1 to 25, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 1, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, June 1, 1999
- Lightning Strikes in Florida, June 1 to 4, 1999
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, June 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: 5709381, 5709382.