Ohio, 1999

Flooding in Ohio, January 22 to 31, 1999

January 22 to 31, 1999 · NWS IWX · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

At a location above the dam on the Auglaize River in Defiance County, the crawl space of a house was flooded. A park was flooded by the Maumee River in the city of Defiance.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$18,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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 IWX wrote it up.

At a location above the dam on the Auglaize River in Defiance County, the crawl space of a house was flooded. A park was flooded by the Maumee River in the city of Defiance. This resulted in volunteers having to evacuate six families and then opening a Red Cross shelter. A low area on the Tiffin River was flooded near Evansport. On the afternoon of the 23rd, flooding occurred on the first floor of six homes on Catherine Drive in Liberty Center (Washington Township). Damage was mainly to carpets, walls, and furniture.

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4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Defiance

When
January 22, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Defiance forecast zone
Property damage
$500
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
41.324, -84.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Henry

When
January 22, 10:00 PM EST to January 29, 8:00 PM EST
Where
Henry forecast zone
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
41.334, -84.068 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Defiance

When
January 22, 10:00 PM EST to January 29, 8:00 PM EST
Where
Defiance forecast zone
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
41.324, -84.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Defiance

When
January 24, 10:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 PM EST
Where
Defiance forecast zone
Property damage
$2,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
41.324, -84.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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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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: 5681303, 5681304, 5681400, 5681302.