Flood, Surry
- When
- April 17, 6:15 AM EST to 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Surry forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.415, -80.687 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in North Carolina, April 17, 1998
Heavy rain during the late evening hours on the 16th and early morning hours on the 17th resulted in minor flooding on the Yadkin River in Elkin. The Yadkin River crested almost two and a half feet above flood stage at Elkin at 1245 EST on the 17th.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 RNK wrote it up.
Heavy rain during the late evening hours on the 16th and early morning hours on the 17th resulted in minor flooding on the Yadkin River in Elkin. The Yadkin River crested almost two and a half feet above flood stage at Elkin at 1245 EST on the 17th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Wilkes
- When
- April 17, 6:15 AM EST to 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Wilkes forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.206, -81.163 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Yadkin
- When
- April 17, 6:15 AM EST to 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Yadkin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.161, -80.665 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, April 17, 1998
- Tornado in Alabama, April 17, 1998
- Flooding in Kentucky, April 17 to 21, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in South Carolina, April 17, 1998
- Flooding in Kentucky, April 17 to 24, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, April 17 to 18, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 17, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 17, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 17, 1998
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, April 17, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 17, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 17, 1998
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5643013, 5643014, 5643015.