Florida, 1998Flash Flood in Florida, January 23 to 24, 1998
January 23 to 24, 1998 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1.2 million
- 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.
Flash Flood, Manatee
- When
- January 23, 7:00 PM EST to January 24, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Manatee County, Bradenton
- Property damage
- $1.2 million
- Coordinates
- 27.478, -82.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rainfall of three to five inches in less than 24 hours caused flooding of up to 300 homes from Bradenton to Myakka Head in Manatee county. Several roads and bridges were damaged by the flooding across Manatee county.Five homes incurred major water damage and another 131 had minor damage from the floodwaters as high as two feet deep. Total damage from the floodwaters was estimated at $1.2 million dollars.
- 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.
- Dense Fog in California, January 23, 19986 injured · $60,000 · 2 events
- Flood in Florida, January 23 to 27, 1998$450,000 · 1 event
- Flood in Florida, January 23, 1998$250,000 · 1 event
- Flood in Florida, January 23 to 31, 1998$200,000 · 1 event
- Flood in Florida, January 23, 1998$150,000 · 1 event
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 23 to 24, 1998$80,000 · 8 events
- Flood in Florida, January 23 to 29, 1998$100,000 · 1 event
- Tornado in Florida, January 23, 1998$100,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Tornado in Florida, January 23, 1998$75,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Flood in Florida, January 23 to 27, 1998$50,000 · 1 event
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 23 to 24, 1998$35,000 · 4 events
- Winter Storm in New York, January 23 to 24, 1998$30,000 · 4 events
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: 5634555.