Flood, Eastern Franklin
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM EST to January 10, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Franklin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.583, -72.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Massachusetts, January 9 to 11, 1998
82 feet at 8 PM the same day, then dropped below flood stage at 3 AM on January 10th. 0 feet at 7 AM on the 10th, then dropped below flood stage at 11 AM on January 11th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 BOX wrote it up.
The combination of a significant rain event and melting snow caused by mild temperatures resulted in a minor river flood episode along the Connecticut River, At Montague City, the Connecticut River reached flood stage of 28 feet at noon on January 9th, crested at 28.82 feet at 8 PM the same day, then dropped below flood stage at 3 AM on January 10th. At Northampton, the Connecticut River reached flood stage of 112.0 feet at 6 PM on January 9th, crested at 113.0 feet at 7 AM on the 10th, then dropped below flood stage at 11 AM on January 11th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Western Hampshire
- When
- January 9, 4:00 PM EST to January 11, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Hampshire forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.340, -72.664 (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
- Tornado in West Virginia, January 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, January 9, 1998
- Flood in Pennsylvania, January 9 to 10, 1998
- Flood in Ohio, January 9 to 12, 1998
- Tornado in California, January 9, 1998
- Flood in New York, January 9 to 13, 1998
- Flood in New York, January 9 to 11, 1998
- Dense Fog in New York, January 9, 1998
- Winter Weather in California, January 9 to 10, 1998
- Ice Storm in Massachusetts, January 9, 1998
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, January 9, 1998
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, 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: 5635701, 5635702.