Flash Flood, Muskegon
- When
- August 4, 6:40 AM EST to 9:45 AM EST
- Where
- Muskegon County, Muskegon
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.219, -86.212 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Minor flooding due to 2-3 inches of rain
Flash Flooding in Michigan, August 4, 1998
Thunderstorms produced locally heavy rain that caused flooding over parts of Muskegon and Oceana counties.
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 GRR wrote it up.
Thunderstorms produced locally heavy rain that caused flooding over parts of Muskegon and Oceana counties.
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:39 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Oceana
- When
- August 4, 6:40 AM EST to 9:40 AM EST
- Where
- Oceana County, Hart
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.682, -86.317 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
flooding over parts of Oceana County
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
- Heat in California, August 4 to 6, 1998
- Flooding in Illinois, August 4, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, August 4, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, August 4 to 5, 1998
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, August 4, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 4, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 4, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 4, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 4, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 4, 1998
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 4, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 4, 1998
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, August 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: 5671663, 5671664.