Flash Flood, Scott
- When
- January 21, 8:00 PM CST to January 22, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Scott County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.053, -89.568 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Missouri, January 21 to 22, 1999
A series of supercell thunderstorms with very heavy rain formed a procession across Scott, Stoddard, and Cape Girardeau Counties. Some places, such as Cape Girardeau, received over 6 inches of rain during the evening hours of January 21.
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
- $60,000
- 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 PAH wrote it up.
A series of supercell thunderstorms with very heavy rain formed a procession across Scott, Stoddard, and Cape Girardeau Counties. Some places, such as Cape Girardeau, received over 6 inches of rain during the evening hours of January 21. This resulted in a rather serious flash flood event, with many roads under water. A few bridges were washed out in Scott County. A 3.5 mile section of Route W near Oran in Scott County was closed due to high water. Considerable street flooding occurred in Cape Girardeau, and a few motorists became stranded.
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, Cape Girardeau
- When
- January 21, 8:00 PM CST to January 22, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cape Girardeau County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.384, -89.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Stoddard
- When
- January 21, 8:00 PM CST to January 22, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Stoddard County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.856, -89.944 (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
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Indiana, January 21 to 23, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5680574, 5680575, 5680576.