Flood, Owen
- When
- January 21, 11:00 PM EST to January 25, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Owen forecast zone
- Property damage
- $63,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.313, -86.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Indiana, January 21 to 25, 1999
Rapid snow melt and 2 to 5 inches of rain on the 21st and 22nd led to flooding along MillCreek. 42 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
- $250,000
- 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.
Rapid snow melt and 2 to 5 inches of rain on the 21st and 22nd led to flooding along MillCreek. The crest at Cataract was 19.42 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 21, 11:00 PM EST to January 25, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam forecast zone
- Property damage
- $63,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.666, -86.845 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Morgan
- When
- January 21, 11:00 PM EST to January 25, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Property damage
- $63,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.482, -86.446 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Hendricks
- When
- January 21, 11:00 PM EST to January 25, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hendricks forecast zone
- Property damage
- $63,000
- 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
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Indiana, January 21 to 23, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5678828, 5678829, 5678830, 5678831.