Flash Flood in New York, January 8 to 10, 1998

Name: Flash Flood in New York, January 8 to 10, 1998
Start: 1998-01-08T02:00
End: 1998-01-10T05:00
Location: New York

January 8 to 10, 1998 · NWS ALY · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $200,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 Albany radar (KENX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:00 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Washington

When: January 8, 2:00 AM EST to January 10, 5:00 AM EST
Where: Washington County, Countywide
Property damage: $200,000
Coordinates: 43.314, -73.431 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

From January 8 through January 10, mild weather along with significant rain and snowmelt resulted in small stream flooding across Washington County. The Mettawee River at Granville, had what is believed to be the worst flooding ever known there. During the afternoon of January 8, the river crested at 10.68 feet which was more than three feet over flood stage. There was considerable flooding of fields along the Mettawee River. Approximately twenty road closures occurred throughout the county due to flooding and washouts with the most numerous closures between Greenwich and Whitehall.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New York in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in New York, 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: 5630808.