Flash Flood, Rockcastle
- When
- April 16, 7:00 PM EST to April 17, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Rockcastle County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 37.365, -84.316 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Kentucky, April 16 to 17, 1998
7 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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
- $245,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Pulaski
- When
- April 16, 7:00 PM EST to April 17, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Pulaski County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 37.104, -84.577 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Wayne
- When
- April 16, 7:00 PM EST to April 17, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 36.801, -84.829 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, McCreary
- When
- April 16, 7:00 PM EST to April 17, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- McCreary County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 36.737, -84.484 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Laurel
- When
- April 16, 7:00 PM EST to April 17, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Laurel County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 37.111, -84.118 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Whitley
- When
- April 16, 7:00 PM EST to April 17, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Whitley County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Coordinates
- 36.758, -84.145 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Knox
- When
- April 16, 7:00 PM EST to April 17, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Knox County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 36.891, -83.854 (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 in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Tornadoes in Kentucky, April 16, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 16, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Hail in Kentucky, April 16, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Ohio, April 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 16, 1998
- Tornadoes in Kentucky, April 16, 1998
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, April 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: 5642811, 5642812, 5642813, 5642814, 5642815, 5642816, 5642817.