Flash Flood, Marion
- When
- June 13, 3:15 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County, Central Portion
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.650, -88.919 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Illinois, June 13, 1999
Heavy rain caused localized flash flooding, mainly across east and south portions of Salem. Several roads had to be closed for a short time due to rapid runoff of water.
Where it happened
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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.
Heavy rain caused localized flash flooding, mainly across east and south portions of Salem. Several roads had to be closed for a short time due to rapid runoff of water.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Rip Current in Florida, June 13, 1999
- Flooding in Wisconsin, June 13, 1999
- Tornado in North Dakota, June 13, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 13 to 17, 1999
- Flash Flood and Flood in Kansas, June 13 to 27, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 13, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 13, 1999
- Tornado in North Dakota, June 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 13, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 13, 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: 5705152.