Flood in Ohio, January 22 to 24, 1999

Name: Flood in Ohio, January 22 to 24, 1999
Start: 1999-01-22T10:00
End: 1999-01-24T03:10
Location: Ohio

January 22 to 24, 1999 · NWS CLE · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $100,000
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.

The radar

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Erie

When: January 22, 10:00 AM EST to January 24, 3:10 AM EST
Where: Erie forecast zone
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.432, -82.700 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Rain and snowmelt caused the Huron River at Milan to exceed its flood stage of 14 feet. The river crested at 20.18 feet at 1945 EST on 01/22/99. Flooding occurred in lagoon communities from Milan to near Huron. Several roads were flooded and some small businesses were affected by the floodwaters in Milan near Route 250.

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

Every storm in Ohio in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5683158.