Flooding in Georgia, March 8 to 14, 1998

Name: Flooding in Georgia, March 8 to 14, 1998
Start: 1998-03-08T07:00
End: 1998-03-14T18:00
Location: Georgia

March 8 to 14, 1998 · NWS FFC · 40 events in 40 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 40 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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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $500,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 40

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.

From 4 to 8 inches of rain fell over north and central Georgia from the 5th through the 8th. Flooding occurred mainly in low areas and near rivers and creeks from the the runoff as it moved downstream. Numerous roads were closed and some were damaged. An indirect death resulted in Carroll county when a the driver lost control of a vehicle and ran into a flooded creek. A baby was washed from the vehicle into the rushing waters. A dam in Lamar county broke. Homes and businesses sustained water damage in many counties. Families were evacuated in several counties. The governor of Georgia declared a state of emergency in a total of 72 counties in central and south parts of the state.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

40 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Carroll

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Carroll forecast zone
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 33.583, -85.080 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Douglas

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Douglas forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 33.702, -84.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Heard

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Heard forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 33.297, -85.128 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Coweta

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Coweta forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 33.354, -84.763 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Cobb

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Cobb forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 33.942, -84.577 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Newton

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Newton forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 33.555, -83.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Spalding

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Spalding forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 33.261, -84.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Butts

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Butts forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 33.288, -83.957 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Jasper

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Jasper forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 33.316, -83.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Pike

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Pike forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 33.092, -84.389 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Lamar

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Lamar forecast zone
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 33.077, -84.139 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Monroe

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Monroe forecast zone
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 33.014, -83.919 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Jones

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Jones forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 33.025, -83.560 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Baldwin

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Baldwin forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 33.069, -83.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Upson

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Upson forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 32.881, -84.299 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Macon

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Macon forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 32.358, -84.042 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Wilkinson

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Wilkinson forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 32.802, -83.171 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Bibb

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Bibb forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 32.807, -83.698 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Laurens

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Laurens forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 32.464, -82.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Treutlen

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Treutlen forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 32.404, -82.567 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Webster

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Webster forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 32.047, -84.551 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Sumter

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Sumter forecast zone
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 32.040, -84.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Dooly

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Dooly forecast zone
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 32.157, -83.799 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Crisp

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Crisp forecast zone
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 31.923, -83.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Wilcox

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Wilcox forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 31.973, -83.432 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Pulaski

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Pulaski forecast zone
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 32.232, -83.476 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Dodge

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Dodge forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 32.172, -83.168 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Telfair

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Telfair forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 31.930, -82.939 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Wheeler

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Wheeler forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 32.117, -82.725 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Montgomery

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Montgomery forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 32.173, -82.535 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Harris

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Harris forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 32.736, -84.909 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Talbot

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Talbot forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 32.700, -84.533 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Taylor

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Taylor forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 32.556, -84.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Marion

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Marion forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 32.353, -84.525 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Schley

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Schley forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 32.262, -84.315 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Crawford

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Crawford forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 32.715, -83.986 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Peach

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Peach forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 32.569, -83.827 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Houston

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Houston forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 32.459, -83.666 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Twiggs

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Twiggs forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 32.667, -83.427 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Bleckley

When: March 8, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Bleckley forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 32.434, -83.328 (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

Every storm in Georgia in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5633415, 5633416, 5633417, 5633418, 5633419, 5633420, 5633421, 5633422, 5633423, 5633424, 5633425, 5633426, 5633427, 5633428, 5633429, 5633430, 5633431, 5633526, 5633527, 5633528, 5633529, 5633530, 5633531, 5633532, 5633533, 5633534, 5633535, 5633536, 5633537, 5633538, 5633539, 5633540, 5633541, 5633542, 5633543, 5633544, 5633545, 5633546, 5633547, 5633548.