Jan 22, 1999
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 car
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5681304). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Henry County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.