Flash Flood, Medina
- When
- January 22, 5:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Medina County, Chippewa on the Lake
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.118, -81.900 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Ohio, January 22, 1999
Snowmelt and rainfall over several days saturated the soil and caused flooding of small streams, streets and low lying areas. Chippewa Road was covered by four feet of water in places.
Where it happened
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- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
Snowmelt and rainfall over several days saturated the soil and caused flooding of small streams, streets and low lying areas. Chippewa Road was covered by four feet of water in places.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 31, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, January 22, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, January 22, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 25, 1999
- Hail in Texas, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 31, 1999
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 30, 1999
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 22, 1999
- Flooding in Indiana, January 22 to 23, 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: 5683056.