Flash Flood, Calloway
- When
- January 8, 6:45 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Calloway County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.621, -88.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Kentucky, January 8, 1999
Heavy rain up to an inch in 3 hours on partially frozen ground caused some flooding problems. Several roads were flooded in Calloway County, and a creek was out of its banks in Trigg County.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Heavy rain up to an inch in 3 hours on partially frozen ground caused some flooding problems. Several roads were flooded in Calloway County, and a creek was out of its banks in Trigg County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Trigg
- When
- January 8, 6:45 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Trigg County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.806, -87.873 (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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 8 to 9, 1999
- Ice Storm in West Virginia, January 8, 1999
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, January 8, 1999
- Winter Storm in Ohio, January 8 to 9, 1999
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, January 8 to 9, 1999
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 8 to 9, 1999
- Winter Storm in New York, January 8 to 9, 1999
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 8, 1999
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Maine, January 8 to 9, 1999
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 8 to 9, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, January 8, 1999
- Ice Storm in Kentucky, January 8, 1999
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, 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: 5680818, 5680819.