Flood, Alexander
- When
- January 11, 2:00 AM CST to January 18, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Alexander forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.192, -89.338 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Illinois, January 11 to 18, 1998
Due to heavy rains in the upper Ohio River Basin, the Ohio River rose slightly above flood stage at many locations. The river exceeded flood stage at Shawneetown, Brookport, Grand Chain, and Cairo.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 PAH wrote it up.
Due to heavy rains in the upper Ohio River Basin, the Ohio River rose slightly above flood stage at many locations. The river exceeded flood stage at Shawneetown, Brookport, Grand Chain, and Cairo. At most of these locations, the crests were about 2 feet above flood stage. The exception was at Shawneetown, where the crest was four feet over flood stage. The minor flooding affected primarily agricultural bottomlands.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Gallatin
- When
- January 11, 2:00 AM CST to January 18, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gallatin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.763, -88.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Massac
- When
- January 11, 2:00 AM CST to January 18, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Massac forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.219, -88.708 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Pulaski
- When
- January 11, 2:00 AM CST to January 18, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.223, -89.127 (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
- Winter Storm in Utah, January 11 to 14, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, January 11, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, January 11, 1998
- Tornado in Texas, January 11, 1998
- Tornado in Texas, January 11, 1998
- Tornado in Texas, January 11, 1998
- Flood in Utah, January 11, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, January 11, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 11 to 31, 1998
- Ice Storm in Missouri, January 11 to 12, 1998
- Hail in Louisiana, January 11, 1998
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, January 11 to 12, 1998
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, January 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: 5629105, 5629106, 5629107, 5629108.