Heavy Rain, Forsyth
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Forsyth County, Kernersville
- Coordinates
- 36.131, -80.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in North Carolina, February 3 to 4, 1998
Heavy rain spread across central North Carolina during the evening of February 3rd and it continued until the afternoon of the 4th. Storm total rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches were common.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 31 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 31
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.
Heavy rain spread across central North Carolina during the evening of February 3rd and it continued until the afternoon of the 4th. Storm total rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches were common. Raleigh/Durham recorded 2.5 inches, Goldsboro recorded 2.25 inches, Fayetteville received 2.7 inches, and Rocky Mount had nearly 3.0 inches. There were widespread reports of flooding in low-lying, urban, and normally problematic areas. Several roads had to be closed for brief periods of time with the most numerous road closures in Sampson, Warren, Vance, Granville, Halifax, Scotland, Lee and Durham counties. No one was injured during this event.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
31 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Franklin
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, Louisburg
- Coordinates
- 36.083, -78.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Granville
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Granville County, Oxford
- Coordinates
- 36.304, -78.653 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Guilford
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Guilford County, Greensboro
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -79.789 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Halifax
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Halifax County, Halifax
- Coordinates
- 36.258, -77.652 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Harnett
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Harnett County, Lillington
- Coordinates
- 35.369, -78.869 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Hoke
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hoke County, Raeford
- Coordinates
- 35.017, -79.237 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Johnston
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Johnston County, Smithfield
- Coordinates
- 35.518, -78.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Lee
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lee County, Sanford
- Coordinates
- 35.475, -79.171 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Montgomery
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Troy
- Coordinates
- 35.333, -79.905 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Moore
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Moore County, Robbins
- Coordinates
- 35.311, -79.481 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Nash
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Nash County, Red Oak
- Coordinates
- 35.967, -77.986 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Orange
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Orange County, Hillsborough
- Coordinates
- 36.061, -79.121 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Person
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Person County, Roxboro
- Coordinates
- 36.390, -78.972 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Randolph
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Randolph County, Asheboro
- Coordinates
- 35.710, -79.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Richmond
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Richmond County, Rockingham
- Coordinates
- 35.006, -79.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Sampson
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sampson County, Clinton
- Coordinates
- 34.992, -78.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Scotland
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Scotland County, Laurinburg
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -79.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Stanly
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Stanly County, Albemarle
- Coordinates
- 35.312, -80.251 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Vance
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Vance County, Henderson
- Coordinates
- 36.365, -78.408 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Warren
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Warren County, Warrenton
- Coordinates
- 36.397, -78.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Wayne
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Goldsboro
- Coordinates
- 35.364, -78.004 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Wilson
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wilson County, Wilson
- Coordinates
- 35.705, -77.919 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Wake
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wake County, Raleigh
- Coordinates
- 35.790, -78.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Alamance
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Alamance County, Burlington
- Coordinates
- 36.044, -79.399 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Anson
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Anson County, Wadesboro
- Coordinates
- 34.974, -80.103 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Chatham
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chatham County, Siler City
- Coordinates
- 35.703, -79.255 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Cumberland
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cumberland County, Fayetteville
- Coordinates
- 35.049, -78.827 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Davidson
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Davidson County, Lexington
- Coordinates
- 35.793, -80.213 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Durham
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Durham County, Durham
- Coordinates
- 36.036, -78.876 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Edgecombe
- When
- February 3, 12:00 PM EST to February 4, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Edgecombe County, Tarboro
- Coordinates
- 35.913, -77.597 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, February 3 to 4, 1998
- Ice Storm in Nebraska, February 3, 1998
- Flood in California, February 3 to 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Flood in California, February 3, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, February 3, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 3 to 4, 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: 5631811, 5631812, 5631813, 5631814, 5631815, 5631816, 5631817, 5631818, 5631819, 5631820, 5631821, 5631822, 5631823, 5631824, 5631825, 5631826, 5631827, 5631828, 5631975, 5631976, 5631977, 5631978, 5631979, 5634869, 5634870, 5634871, 5634872, 5634873, 5634874, 5634875, 5634876.