Flood, Spencer
- When
- July 21, 8:50 PM EST to 9:20 PM EST
- Where
- Spencer County, Elk Creek
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.033, -85.328 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Water was across the road in places along Highway 155
Flood in Kentucky, July 21, 1999
1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 1
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heat in Illinois, July 21 to 25, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 21, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Montana, July 21, 1999
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 21, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 21, 1999
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 21, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, July 21, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 21, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 21, 1999
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 21, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 21, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 21, 1999
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, 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: 5711581.