July 19[edit]

1977: The Laurel Run Dam in West Taylor Township, Pennsylvania was overtopped and subsequently failed due to heavy rains, killing 40 people. This was just part of the second great flood of Johnstown which killed 84 people in total.

1983: A derecho, which moved along a path parallel to Interstate 94 from Minnesota to Illinois, knocked out power to 250,000 people and injured at least 34.

1996: Unprecedented rainfall started the Saguenay flood, killing at least seven people and causing as much as $1.5 billion (CAD) in damage in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec.

2018: Winds from a nearby severe thunderstorm caused an amphibious tour boat to sink on Table Rock Lake near Branson, Missouri, killing 17 people.