Flash Flood, Randolph
- When
- February 17, 6:45 AM EST to 7:55 AM EST
- Where
- Randolph County, Seagrove
- Coordinates
- 35.710, -79.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in North Carolina, February 17, 1998
Flash Flooding occurred mainly in the southern sections of Randolph county around the Seagrove area. NC-705 was reported flooded with some lane closures near the Moore county line.
Where it happened
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- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 RAH wrote it up.
Flash Flooding occurred mainly in the southern sections of Randolph county around the Seagrove area. NC-705 was reported flooded with some lane closures near the Moore county line. Other rural roads were closed due to flooding. Streams and creeks were reported out of their banks from near Denton to near Seagrove.
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
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 17 to 18, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, February 17, 1998
- Flooding in Michigan, February 17 to 18, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 17, 1998
- Storm Surge in Ohio, February 17 to 18, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 17, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 17, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 17, 1998
- Tornado in Georgia, February 17, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 17 to 28, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, February 17, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 17 to 28, 1998
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, February 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: 5632161.