Flash Flood, New Haven
- When
- July 1, 12:00 AM EST to 12:35 PM EST
- Where
- New Haven County, Wallingford
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.362, -72.844 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Connecticut, July 1, 1998
Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused the Quinnipiac River at Wallingford to rise above its' flood stage from June 30th at 2:20 pm EST until July 1st at 12:35 pm EST. 60 feet above flood stage.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS OKX wrote it up.
Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused the Quinnipiac River at Wallingford to rise above its' flood stage from June 30th at 2:20 pm EST until July 1st at 12:35 pm EST. The crest stage of 7.60 feet occurred at midnight and was 0.60 feet above flood stage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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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- Heat in Illinois, July 1 to 2, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, July 1, 1998
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 1, 1998
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- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 1, 1998
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 1, 1998
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 1, 1998
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5657507.