Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 23, 1999

Name: Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 23, 1999
Start: 1999-01-22T03:00
End: 1999-01-23T23:00
Location: Indiana

January 22 to 23, 1999 · NWS IND · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Rapid snow melt and 2 to 5 inches of rain on the 21st and 22nd caused flooding along Big Racoon Creek. 36 feet (flood stage is 14 feet).

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $100,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 caused flooding along Big Racoon Creek. The crest at Fincastle was 14.26 feet (flood stage is 11 feet) and at Coxville was 14.36 feet (flood stage is 14 feet).

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Event by event

3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Boone

When: January 22, 3:00 AM EST to January 23, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Boone forecast zone
Property damage: $33,000
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.051, -86.469 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Putnam

When: January 22, 5:00 AM EST to January 23, 9:00 PM EST
Where: Putnam forecast zone
Property damage: $33,000
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.666, -86.845 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Parke

When: January 22, 7:00 AM EST to January 23, 11:00 PM EST
Where: Parke forecast zone
Property damage: $34,000
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.774, -87.206 (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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Indiana in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5678815, 5678816, 5678817.