Flash Flood, Belknap
- When
- July 4, 11:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Belknap County, Laconia
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 43.519, -71.423 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in New Hampshire, July 4, 1996
Isolated thunderstorms dropped up to 5 inches of rain in Laconia. People were stranded in their cars and had to be rescued.
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
- $10,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GYX wrote it up.
Isolated thunderstorms dropped up to 5 inches of rain in Laconia. People were stranded in their cars and had to be rescued. Roads were washed out and a section of railroad bed was destroyed.
The radar
The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:58 UTC.
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
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- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 4, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 4, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, July 4, 1996
More
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5578257.