Flash Flood, Wyoming
- When
- June 28, 7:55 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wyoming County, Arcade
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.702, -78.224 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in New York, June 28, 1998
A thunderstorm produced several inches of rain over the already hard hit area of Arcade. The flash flooding which resulted washed out a section of Java Lake Road.
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
- $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 BUF wrote it up.
A thunderstorm produced several inches of rain over the already hard hit area of Arcade. The flash flooding which resulted washed out a section of Java Lake Road.
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:54 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 28, 1998
- Heat in Tennessee, June 28, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 28, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 28 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 28 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flood in Indiana, June 28 to 29, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, June 28 to 30, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, June 28 to 30, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 28, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 28, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 28, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 28, 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: 5657113.