Flash Flood, Herkimer
- When
- June 20, 6:35 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Herkimer County, South Portion
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 43.420, -74.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in New York, June 20, 1998
Thunderstorms with torrential rain produced flash flooding in southern Herkimer County. In the Town of Schuyler, Newport Road and State Route 5 were flooded.
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
- $41,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Thunderstorms with torrential rain produced flash flooding in southern Herkimer County. In the Town of Schuyler, Newport Road and State Route 5 were flooded. Roads were also flooded and washed out in the Town of Newport. At Fairfield, four cows and one calf were killed by lightning.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Herkimer
- When
- June 20, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Herkimer County, Fairfield
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.420, -74.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 20, 1998
- Flash Flood in Missouri, June 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 20, 1998
- Hail in Minnesota, June 20, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Massachusetts, June 20, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 20, 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: 5648666, 5648667.