Flash Flood, Monroe
- When
- July 8, 4:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Penfield
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 43.165, -77.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in New York, July 8, 1998
Nearly three inches of rain fell at the Rochester airport with slightly higher amounts reported over the southern suburbs. Urban flooding resulted in Rochester, Pittsford and Penfield.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- $100,000
- 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.
Nearly three inches of rain fell at the Rochester airport with slightly higher amounts reported over the southern suburbs. Urban flooding resulted in Rochester, Pittsford and Penfield. In Penfield, basements of the Forest Hills Condominium complex flooded for the second time this year. Many of the basements and appliances had just been repaired and replaced following floods in January.
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.
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
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, July 8 to 10, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Montana, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New York, July 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, July 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 8, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in South Dakota, July 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Montana, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flood in Kansas, July 8 to 9, 1998
- Flooding in Missouri, July 8 to 12, 1998
More
Every storm in New York in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, July 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: 5662783.