Flash Flood, De Kalb
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM EST to 10:30 AM EST
- Where
- De Kalb County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 33.772, -84.226 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Georgia, March 8, 1998
After over an inch-and-a-half of rain the preceding two days, showers and thunderstorms dumped another 2 or more inches in a six hour period over the Atlanta metro area. Peachtree Creek as well as Nancy and Sope Creeks rose rapidly and came out of their banks.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 FFC wrote it up.
After over an inch-and-a-half of rain the preceding two days, showers and thunderstorms dumped another 2 or more inches in a six hour period over the Atlanta metro area. Peachtree Creek as well as Nancy and Sope Creeks rose rapidly and came out of their banks. A foot of water was over some roads and basements of homes near the creeks were flooded.
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:02 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Fulton
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM EST to 10:30 AM EST
- Where
- Fulton County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 33.790, -84.467 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Alabama, March 8, 1998
- Flooding in Georgia, March 8 to 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in Illinois, March 8 to 9, 1998
- Flooding in Alabama, March 8 to 17, 1998
- Tornadoes in South Carolina, March 8, 1998
- Avalanche in Colorado, March 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, March 8, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, March 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Massachusetts, March 8 to 13, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Florida, March 8, 1998
- Flooding in Georgia, March 8 to 14, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, March 8, 1998
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, March 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: 5633407, 5633408.