Flash Flood, Wayne
- When
- July 16, 7:40 PM EST to 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Lyons
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.066, -76.978 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in New York, July 16, 1998
A cluster of thunderstorms moved across the county during the evening hours. Spotters reported rainfall rates of over two inches in less than an hour.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $8,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BUF wrote it up.
A cluster of thunderstorms moved across the county during the evening hours. Spotters reported rainfall rates of over two inches in less than an hour. The torrential rains resulted in flooding of low-lying areas near Lyons.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 16, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 16, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, July 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 16, 1998
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 16, 1998
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 16, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, July 16, 1998
More
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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: 5662787.