Heavy Rain, Gallia
- When
- January 21, 10:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gallia County, Countywide
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.825, -82.317 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Ohio, January 21, 1999
Rains of 2 to 3 inches fell were common across Gallia County, with 1 to 2 inches for northern Lawrence County. The rains fell just to the north of a warm front.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 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 RLX wrote it up.
Rains of 2 to 3 inches fell were common across Gallia County, with 1 to 2 inches for northern Lawrence County. The rains fell just to the north of a warm front. Racoon and Symmes Creeks flooded the usual low lying roads. Schools dismissed early. No damage to structures was reported. The cooperative observer near Camp Creek, west of Patriot, measured the maximum with 3.5 inches, while Gallipolis had 2.44 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Lawrence
- When
- January 21, 10:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lawrence County, Countywide
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.599, -82.537 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
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 Ohio in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, 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: 5679069, 5679070.