Flash Flood, Will
- When
- June 22, 4:15 PM CST to 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Will County, Custer Park
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.445, -87.979 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Illinois, June 22, 1999
Radar estimated that up to 4 inches of rain fell in southwest Will and northwest Kankakee Counties. Flooding was reported along Route 113.
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
- 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 LOT wrote it up.
Radar estimated that up to 4 inches of rain fell in southwest Will and northwest Kankakee Counties. Flooding was reported along Route 113.
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:17 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Kankakee
- When
- June 22, 4:15 PM CST to 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kankakee County, Northwest Portion
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.138, -87.862 (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 and Hail in Kansas, June 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 22, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 22 to 23, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 22, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 22, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 22, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 22, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 22, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 22, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 22, 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: 5708335, 5708336.