Flash Flood, Clinton
- When
- June 18, 5:45 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clinton County, Altona
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.746, -73.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in New York, June 18, 1998
Showers and thunderstorms moved southeast across Clinton county during the late afternoon and evening of Thursday, June 18th. Torrential rain fell in and around Altona, New York with several roads washed out.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
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- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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 BTV wrote it up.
Showers and thunderstorms moved southeast across Clinton county during the late afternoon and evening of Thursday, June 18th. Torrential rain fell in and around Altona, New York with several roads washed out. A number of homes were sandbagged to prevent flooding of structures. The Great Chazy River flooded areas along its path in this area.
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 18, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 18, 1998
- Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, June 18, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 18, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, June 18 to 20, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 18, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 18, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 18, 1998
- Flash Flood in Maine, June 18, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, June 18, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, June 18 to 19, 1998
- Flood in Nebraska, June 18, 1998
More
Every storm in New York in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, June 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: 5669144.