Indiana, 1999

Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 31, 1999

January 22 to 31, 1999 · NWS IWX · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

During the evening of the 22nd an automobile containing a mother and her 9 year-old son was swept into Grassy Fork Creek in southwestern Grant County. They were not able to escape from the car and drowned.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
2
Injuries
0
Property damage
$3,000
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 IWX wrote it up.

During the evening of the 22nd an automobile containing a mother and her 9 year-old son was swept into Grassy Fork Creek in southwestern Grant County. They were not able to escape from the car and drowned. On the 22nd ice on the Tippecanoe River took skirting from mobile homes in low-lying areas. On the 23rd a man (age unknown) was missing and presumed dead possibly as a result of flooding in Adams County. On the morning of the 24th, an ice jam which swept up a boat, jet ski, and several trees, formed at a bridge on the Tippecanoe River. Basements were flooded in Warren Indiana as a result of flooding on the Salamonie River.

The radar

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Event by event

4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Grant

When
January 22, 8:00 PM EST
Where
Grant forecast zone
Deaths
2 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
40.516, -85.655 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Huntington

When
January 22, 10:00 PM EST to January 25, 3:00 PM EST
Where
Huntington forecast zone
Property damage
$500
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
40.829, -85.488 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, White

When
January 22, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 12:00 PM EST
Where
White forecast zone
Property damage
$2,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
40.750, -86.865 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Adams

When
January 23, 11:00 PM EST
Where
Adams forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
40.746, -84.937 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Flood, Grant1999-01-2227FemaleVehicle/Towed TrailerDirect
Flood, Grant1999-01-229MaleVehicle/Towed TrailerDirect

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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5681298, 5681300, 5681301, 5681299.