Flood in Idaho, May 13, 1998

Name: Flood in Idaho, May 13, 1998
Start: 1998-05-13T14:00
End: 1998-05-13T16:00
Location: Idaho

May 13, 1998 · NWS BOI · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Owyhee

When: May 13, 2:00 PM MST to 4:00 PM MST
Where: Owyhee County, Homedale
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 42.582, -116.170 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Scattered heavy showers and thunderstorms over south west Idaho produced small stream flooding in Owyhee County during the afternoon of May 13th. Flood waters from Catherine Creek washed out a bridge near Grandview. Small stream flooding was also reported on Succor Creek and Sheep Creek near Homedale. Reported damage was minor and confined mainly to roads and farm land.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Idaho in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Idaho, May 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: 5646897.