Flash Flood, Gallatin
- When
- June 29, 10:45 PM CST to June 30, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Gallatin County, Shawneetown
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.763, -88.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Illinois, June 29 to 30, 1998
Thunderstorms that caused major flash flooding to the northwest, especially Franklin and Perry Counties, moved southeast across parts of southeast Illinois. There were reports of flooded roads and near bankful conditions.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
Thunderstorms that caused major flash flooding to the northwest, especially Franklin and Perry Counties, moved southeast across parts of southeast Illinois. There were reports of flooded roads and near bankful conditions.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Hardin
- When
- June 29, 10:45 PM CST to June 30, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hardin County, Elizabethtown
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.518, -88.267 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Pope
- When
- June 29, 10:45 PM CST to June 30, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pope County, Eddyville
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.413, -88.562 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Saline
- When
- June 29, 10:45 PM CST to June 30, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Saline County, Harrisburg
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.753, -88.541 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Union
- When
- June 29, 11:45 PM CST to June 30, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Union County, Anna
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.471, -89.255 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Johnson
- When
- June 29, 11:45 PM CST to June 30, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Johnson County, Vienna
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.460, -88.881 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Iowa, June 29, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 29, 1998
- Heat and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 29, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Michigan, June 29, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, June 29, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 29, 1998
- Heat in Alabama, June 29, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 29, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 29, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, June 29, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, June 29 to 30, 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: 5659547, 5659548, 5659549, 5659550, 5659635, 5659636.