Flood, Eastern Rensselaer
- When
- January 8, 10:00 PM EST to January 10, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Rensselaer forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 42.711, -73.510 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in New York, January 8 to 10, 1998
From January 8 to January 10, the Hoosic River in northern Rensselaer and southern Washington Counties flooded, due to a combination of significant rain and snowmelt. The river crested approximately one foot over flood stage at Eagle Bridge during the morning of January 9.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 ALY wrote it up.
From January 8 to January 10, the Hoosic River in northern Rensselaer and southern Washington Counties flooded, due to a combination of significant rain and snowmelt. The river crested approximately one foot over flood stage at Eagle Bridge during the morning of January 9. Flooding occurred along River Road in Washington County and along State Highways 7 and 22 in Rensselaer County. County Highway 103 was also flooded in Rensselaer County from route 67 to the covered bridge. The Hoosic River spilled into the Buskirk Fire House and Circuit Materials Plant in Rensselaer County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Washington
- When
- January 8, 10:00 PM EST to January 10, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 43.314, -73.431 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Western Rensselaer
- When
- January 8, 10:00 PM EST to January 10, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Rensselaer forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 42.711, -73.510 (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 and Flooding in West Virginia, January 8 to 11, 1998
- Ice Storm in New York, January 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New York, January 8 to 9, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, January 8, 1998
- Flooding in New York, January 8 to 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Mississippi, January 8, 1998
- Flooding in New York, January 8 to 11, 1998
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, January 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, January 8 to 11, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, January 8, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, January 8 to 9, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, January 8 to 10, 1998
More
Every storm in New York in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5631043, 5631044, 5631045.