Flood, Dodge
- When
- January 21, 8:00 PM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge forecast zone
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Coordinates
- 41.578, -96.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Nebraska, January 21 to 31, 1998
A three mile long ice jam formed along the Platte river to the southwest of Fremont upstream from the highway 77 bridge to Big Island. The jam caused water to rise upstream and resulted in lowland flooding at Ridgeland Road, Hormel Park, the YMCA Camp, and Big Island.
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
- $12,000
- 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 OAX wrote it up.
A three mile long ice jam formed along the Platte river to the southwest of Fremont upstream from the highway 77 bridge to Big Island. The jam caused water to rise upstream and resulted in lowland flooding at Ridgeland Road, Hormel Park, the YMCA Camp, and Big Island. In addition, 8 homes along the Platte river were flooded receiving 1 to 4 inches of water in the main level.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Saunders
- When
- January 21, 8:00 PM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Saunders forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.226, -96.637 (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
- Avalanche in Colorado, January 21, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, January 21 to 28, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, January 21, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, January 21 to 25, 1998
- Flash Flood in Texas, January 21 to 22, 1998
- Flash Flood in Texas, January 21 to 22, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 21, 1998
- Winter Weather in Michigan, January 21, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 21, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 21, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, January 21, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 21, 1998
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, 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: 5628861, 5628862.