Florida, 1998

Flood in Florida, February 15, 1998

February 15, 1998 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$30,000
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.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Coastal Escambia

When
February 15, 3:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where
Coastal Escambia forecast zone
Property damage
$30,000

Coastal Flooding... Strong east to southeast winds caused high waves from Orange Beach Alabama to near Pensacola Pass. (See Alabama, Lower Baldwin and Mobile counties, for more information).

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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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: 5629936.