Flash Flood, Posey
- When
- July 1, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Posey County, North Portion
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.022, -87.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Indiana, July 1, 1999
A large area of slow-moving thunderstorms produced locally torrential rainfall. Estimates of up to 2 inches in 2 hours were noted.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 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 PAH wrote it up.
A large area of slow-moving thunderstorms produced locally torrential rainfall. Estimates of up to 2 inches in 2 hours were noted. The storms remained concentrated over the northern half of Posey County, far northern Vanderburgh County, and the northwest corner of Warrick County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Vanderburgh
- When
- July 1, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh County, North Portion
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 38.025, -87.586 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Warrick
- When
- July 1, 12:30 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Warrick County, Northwest Portion
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 38.092, -87.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in Pennsylvania, July 1 to 31, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, July 1, 1999
- Drought in Virginia, July 1 to 31, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 1, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 1 to 29, 1999
- Tornado in Kentucky, July 1, 1999
- Flooding in Florida, July 1, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 1, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 1, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 1 to 27, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 1 to 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, July 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: 5709632, 5709633, 5709634.