Flash Flood, Clinton
- When
- June 27, 1:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clinton County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $7.0 million
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 44.746, -73.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in New York, June 27, 1998
An area of low pressure tracked across New York and New England during the late night of Friday (June 26) and morning of Saturday (June 27). Many rivers flooded, especially the Saranac, Ausable, Little Ausable, Great Chazy and Salmon Rivers.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $7.0 million
- 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.
An area of low pressure tracked across New York and New England during the late night of Friday (June 26) and morning of Saturday (June 27). Extensive flooding occurred, especially in the eastern half of the county.Many rivers flooded, especially the Saranac, Ausable, Little Ausable, Great Chazy and Salmon Rivers. A State of Emergency was declared, as numerous roads and bridges were washed out in Peru, Harkness, Keeseville, Dannemora, Altona and Saranac areas. Portions of I-87 were closed due to flooding and a sinkhole. A dam burst in the Peru area around 3 AM June 27 adding to the extreme flood conditions. The Little Ausable River resulted in massive flooding of an apartment complex in Peru, NY requiring evacuations. Most rivers began subsiding by midday Saturday June 27th, although The Great Chazy remained in flood until 9 PM Saturday June 27th in the area around Champlain, NY.
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
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 27 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, June 27 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, June 27 to 30, 1998
- Tornado in Ohio, June 27, 1998
- Flash Flood in New Hampshire, June 27, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Iowa, June 27 to 28, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Minnesota, June 27, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 27 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Wisconsin, June 27 to 28, 1998
- Heat in Tennessee, June 27, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 27 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 27 to 30, 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: 5669159.