Flood, Redwood Coast
- When
- January 12, 3:00 PM PST to 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Redwood Coast forecast zone
Jacoby Creek flooded around homes and fields near Old Arcata Road.
Flood in California, January 12, 1998
1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in Louisiana, January 12, 1998
- Cold in Maine, January 12, 1998
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- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 12, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, January 12, 1998
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More
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 1998
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5631352.