Flood, Pasco
- When
- July 19, 4:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pasco County, Dade City
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 28.307, -82.439 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Florida, July 19, 1998
S. Highway 98 from Tampa northeast to Dade City.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 TBW wrote it up.
Three to five inches of heavy rain fell in less than two hours and caused localized flooding of homes and vehicles between Interstate 75 and U.S. Highway 98 from Tampa northeast to Dade City.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Hillsborough
- When
- July 19, 4:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hillsborough County, Tampa
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 27.906, -82.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Polk
- When
- July 19, 4:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Polk County, Lakeland
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 27.949, -81.698 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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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- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 19 to 20, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Nevada, July 19 to 20, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 19, 1998
- Heat and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, July 19 to 20, 1998
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 19, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 19, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, July 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 19, 1998
More
Every storm in Florida in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 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: 5666703, 5666704, 5666705.