Flash Flood, Windham
- When
- June 14, 1:30 PM EST to June 15, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Windham County, Putnam
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.827, -71.977 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood and Flood in Connecticut, June 14 to 20, 1998
The Five Mile River in Putnam, in Windham County (a small stream), was in flood from 2:30 PM on June 14th through 6 AM on June 15th. 30 feet at 8 PM on the 18th, then fell below flood stage at 2:30 AM on June 20th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 BOX wrote it up.
The Five Mile River in Putnam, in Windham County (a small stream), was in flood from 2:30 PM on June 14th through 6 AM on June 15th. The Connecticut River reached flood stage of 16 feet at Hartford at 2:30 PM on June 16th, crested at 17.30 feet at 8 PM on the 18th, then fell below flood stage at 2:30 AM on June 20th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Hartford
- When
- June 16, 1:30 PM EST to June 20, 1:30 AM EST
- Where
- Hartford forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 41.819, -72.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
- 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
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Iowa, June 14, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, June 14 to 16, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 14, 1998
- Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 14, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 14, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 14, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New York, June 14, 1998
- Tornadoes in Illinois, June 14, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 14, 1998
- Flooding in Maine, June 14 to 16, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 14 to 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 14, 1998
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, June 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5660899, 5660900.