Flood, Gallatin
- When
- June 15, 8:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Gallatin forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.763, -88.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Illinois, June 15 to 30, 1998
The Ohio River crested 2 to 4 feet above flood stage at Shawneetown, Grand Chain, and Cairo between June 21 and 25. This resulted in minor agricultural bottomland flooding.
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
- None recorded
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
The Ohio River crested 2 to 4 feet above flood stage at Shawneetown, Grand Chain, and Cairo between June 21 and 25. This resulted in minor agricultural bottomland flooding.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Alexander
- When
- June 15, 8:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Alexander forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.192, -89.338 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Hardin
- When
- June 15, 8:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.518, -88.267 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Massac
- When
- June 15, 8:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Massac forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.219, -88.708 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Pulaski
- When
- June 15, 8:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- 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
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, June 15, 1998
- Flash Flood in Indiana, June 15, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, June 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 15 to 16, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 15, 1998
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 15, 1998
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 15 to 16, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 15, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 15, 1998
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, June 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: 5659529, 5659530, 5659531, 5659532, 5659533.