Florida, 1998

Flood in Florida, January 21 to 22, 1998

January 21 to 22, 1998 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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.

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1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Coastal Broward

When
January 21, 9:00 PM EST to January 22, 6:00 AM EST
Where
Coastal Broward forecast zone
Coordinates
26.152, -80.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

a shallow warm front stalled over southeast palm beach county. by 22/2210 est a spotter in boca raton reported 4.50 inches in less than 3 hours. overnight amounts in excess of 9 inches were reported. widespread street flooding was reported over most of the southern half of coastal palm beach county. the most extensive flooding was between the florida turnpike east to military trail and okeechobee rd. north to 45th st.

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.

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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: 5627237.