Flood, Owen
- When
- January 17, 11:00 PM EST to January 19, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Owen forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.313, -86.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Indiana, January 17 to 19, 1999
Flooding occurred along Mill Creek affecting mainly agricultural bottomland. 74 feet (flood stage is 10 feet).
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 IND wrote it up.
Flooding occurred along Mill Creek affecting mainly agricultural bottomland. Cataract crested at 13.74 feet (flood stage is 10 feet).
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Putnam
- When
- January 17, 11:00 PM EST to January 19, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Putnam forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.666, -86.845 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Morgan
- When
- January 17, 11:00 PM EST to January 19, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.482, -86.446 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Hendricks
- When
- January 17, 11:00 PM EST to January 19, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hendricks forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -86.510 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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 Tennessee, January 17, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, January 17, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 17 to 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 17, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, January 17, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 17, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 17, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 17, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 17, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 17, 1999
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, January 17, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, January 17, 1999
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5678832, 5678833, 5678834, 5678835.