Florida, 1998Flash Flooding in Florida, September 29, 1998
September 29, 1998 · NWS TAE · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- 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.
Flash Flood, Walton
- When
- September 29, 6:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Walton County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.619, -86.171 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Choctawhatchee Bay water levels high and county creeks have overflowed their banks. Several homes along creek beds sustained some flood damage in the Freeport, Rock Hill, and Portland.
Flash Flood, Holmes
- When
- September 29, 8:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Holmes County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $1.3 million
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.868, -85.814 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Widespread flash flooding of numerous county dirt roads as well as FL 90, CR 81, and CR 179.
Flash Flood, Washington
- When
- September 29, 8:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $750,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.611, -85.665 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash flooding closed 13 county roads. FL DOT closed Highways 277, 279, and 79.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 29, 199822 injured · $435,000 · F1 · 7 events
- Tornado in Florida, September 29, 19985 injured · $600,000 · F2 · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 29, 19984 injured · $3.2 million · F1 · 8 events
- Tornado in Georgia, September 29, 19981 injured · $500,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, September 29, 1998$170,000 · 3 events
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, September 29, 1998$135,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flooding in Georgia, September 29 to 30, 1998$100,000 · 8 events
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, September 29, 19981 injured · $65,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Georgia, September 29, 1998$78,000 · 2 events
- Hail in Nebraska, September 29, 1998$50,000 · 0.75 in hail · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, September 29, 19981 injured · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, September 29, 19981.75 in hail · 8 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: 5671589, 5671587, 5671588.