Flood, Cape Girardeau
- When
- February 1, 12:01 AM CST to February 12, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cape Girardeau forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 37.384, -89.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Missouri, February 1 to 12, 1999
Generally minor flooding of the Mississippi River occurred in February. The primary affected areas were agricultural bottomlands, parks, and a few roads.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 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 PAH wrote it up.
Generally minor flooding of the Mississippi River occurred in February. The primary affected areas were agricultural bottomlands, parks, and a few roads. Due to flooding of the Ohio River, locations downriver from Cairo experienced flooding from late January through about February 10. At New Madrid, where flood stage is 34 feet, the river crested at 37.1 feet on the 5th. A separate flood crest came down the river past Cape Girardeau around the 10th. The crest at Cape Girardeau on the 10th was only about 1.5 feet above flood stage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Mississippi
- When
- February 1, 12:01 AM CST to February 12, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mississippi forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.828, -89.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, New Madrid
- When
- February 1, 12:01 AM CST to February 12, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- New Madrid forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.595, -89.652 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Scott
- When
- February 1, 12:01 AM CST to February 12, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Scott forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 37.053, -89.568 (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
- High Wind and Cold in Alaska, February 1 to 13, 1999
- Flooding in Louisiana, February 1 to 11, 1999
- Flood in Texas, February 1 to 11, 1999
- Coastal Flood in Puerto Rico, February 1 to 3, 1999
- Flooding in Illinois, February 1 to 17, 1999
- Drought in Texas, February 1 to 28, 1999
- Drought in New Jersey, February 1 to 2, 1999
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, February 1, 1999
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 1, 1999
- High Surf in U.S. Virgin Islands, February 1 to 3, 1999
- Drought in Pennsylvania, February 1 to 28, 1999
- Flooding in Kentucky, February 1 to 8, 1999
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, February 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: 5682854, 5682855, 5682856, 5682857.