Flood, Alamance
- When
- February 4, 8:00 AM EST to February 5, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Alamance forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.044, -79.399 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in North Carolina, February 4 to 5, 1998
Heavy rain on the 4th and into the early morning hours of February 5th caused flooding on the Haw RIver. The Haw River at Haw River began flooding on February 5th and crested on that day at a foot above flood stage at the gage sight.
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
- 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 RAH wrote it up.
Heavy rain on the 4th and into the early morning hours of February 5th caused flooding on the Haw RIver. The Haw River at Haw River began flooding on February 5th and crested on that day at a foot above flood stage at the gage sight. The Haw River at Bynum began flooding on February 4th and crested on February 5th at 2 feet above flood stage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Chatham
- When
- February 4, 8:00 AM EST to February 5, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chatham forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.703, -79.255 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Lee
- When
- February 4, 8:00 AM EST to February 5, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.475, -79.171 (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
- Coastal Flood in Virginia, February 4 to 6, 1998
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in New Jersey, February 4 to 9, 1998
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in Delaware, February 4 to 9, 1998
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Virginia, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Coastal Flood in Maryland, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Coastal Flood in Maryland, February 4 to 6, 1998
- Flooding in Georgia, February 4 to 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Storm Surge in Ohio, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, February 4 to 6, 1998
- High Wind in Puerto Rico, February 4, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, February 4 to 5, 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: 5634847, 5634848, 5634849.