Flood, Henry
- When
- January 22, 3:00 AM EST to January 25, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Henry forecast zone
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.931, -85.396 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 25, 1999
Rapid snow melt along with 2 to 5 inches of rain on the 21st and 22nd led to flooding along Fall Creek. 96 feet (flood stage is 7 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
- $100,000
- 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 along with 2 to 5 inches of rain on the 21st and 22nd led to flooding along Fall Creek. The crest at Fortville was 7.7 feet and at Millersville 10.96 feet (flood stage is 7 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, Madison
- When
- January 22, 3:00 AM EST to January 25, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 40.162, -85.719 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Hamilton
- When
- January 22, 3:00 AM EST to January 25, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hamilton forecast zone
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 40.073, -86.052 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Marion
- When
- January 22, 3:00 AM EST to January 25, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Marion forecast zone
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.782, -86.138 (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 in Tennessee, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 31, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, January 22, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, January 22, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 25, 1999
- Hail in Texas, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 31, 1999
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 30, 1999
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 23, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5678824, 5678825, 5678826, 5678827.