Ohio, 1999Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 21 to 22, 1999
January 21 to 22, 1999 · NWS ILN · 7 events in 7 counties and zones
7 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
Flash Flood, Champaign
- When
- January 21, 10:00 PM EST to January 22, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Champaign County, St Paris
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.138, -83.769 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rainfall caused roads to be flooded.
Flash Flood, Fairfield
- When
- January 21, 11:00 PM EST to January 22, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Fairfield County, Pleasantville
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.752, -82.631 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rain washed out part of Highway 188. Two cars fell into the washed out area with one person being injured and two killed.
Flash Flood, Union
- When
- January 21, 11:00 PM EST to January 22, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Union County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.299, -83.372 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rain caused roads to be flooded.
Flash Flood, Darke
- When
- January 22, 12:20 AM EST to 3:50 AM EST
- Where
- Darke County, South Portion
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.133, -84.619 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several hours of very heavy rainfall caused roads to be flooded. Maple Swamp creek flooded out of its banks causing 18 people to be evacuated and 8 homes to be flooded.
Flash Flood, Preble
- When
- January 22, 12:45 AM EST to 3:50 AM EST
- Where
- Preble County, New Paris
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.742, -84.648 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rainfall caused roads to be closed and washed out. Evacuations occurred due to high water entering houses.
Flash Flood, Miami
- When
- January 22, 12:50 AM EST to 3:50 AM EST
- Where
- Miami County, Troy
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 40.053, -84.229 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
More than 3 inches of rain fell in only a few hours causing creeks and streams to rise out of their banks. Many roads and neighborhoods were flooded and a few buildings and homes were flooded.
Flash Flood, Shelby
- When
- January 22, 12:53 AM EST to 3:50 AM EST
- Where
- Shelby County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.332, -84.205 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rainfall caused many roads and homes to be flooded.
- 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.
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 19993 deaths · 72 injured · F3 · 1 event
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 19992 deaths · 29 injured · F3 · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, January 21 to 22, 199910 injured · $9.8 million · F4 · 36 events
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 19992 deaths · 2 injured · F2 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Indiana, January 21 to 23, 19992 deaths · 1.75 in hail · 6 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, January 21, 1999$760,000 · F3 · 13 events
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 19991 death · 2 injured · F2 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, January 21 to 22, 19991 death · $290,000 · 4 events
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 19992 injured · F3 · 1 event
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999F3 · 1 event
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999F3 · 1 event
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999F3 · 1 event
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: 5679346, 5679345, 5679421, 5679343, 5679341, 5679344, 5679342.