Flash Flood, Appling
- When
- March 8, 10:00 PM EST to March 9, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Appling County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 31.749, -82.289 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous roads and streets were closed.
Flash Flooding in Georgia, March 8 to 9, 1998
5 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- $85,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:02 UTC.
Event by event
5 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Atkinson
- When
- March 8, 10:00 PM EST to March 9, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Atkinson County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 31.297, -82.880 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous roads and streets were closed.
Flash Flood, Bacon
- When
- March 8, 10:00 PM EST to March 9, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Bacon County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 31.554, -82.453 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous roads and streets were closed.
Flash Flood, Coffee
- When
- March 8, 10:00 PM EST to March 9, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Coffee County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 31.549, -82.849 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous roads and streets were closed.
Flash Flood, Jeff Davis
- When
- March 8, 10:00 PM EST to March 9, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Jeff Davis County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 31.806, -82.637 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous roads and streets were closed.
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: 5633876, 5633877, 5633878, 5633879, 5633880.