Flash Flood, Anson
- When
- January 6, 8:00 PM EST to 9:35 PM EST
- Where
- Anson County, Ansonville
- Coordinates
- 34.974, -80.103 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in North Carolina, January 6, 1998
5 inches per hour for several hours over Anson county causing flooding on Highway 52 between Wadesboro and Ansonville. Flooding was also reported on numerous secondary roads where as much as 1 to 2 feet of water closed roads for several hours.
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
- 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.
Heavy rain fell at the rate of 1 to 1.5 inches per hour for several hours over Anson county causing flooding on Highway 52 between Wadesboro and Ansonville. Flooding was also reported on numerous secondary roads where as much as 1 to 2 feet of water closed roads for several hours. Several creeks and streams that feed into the Rocky River came out of their banks. Rainfall amouts of 2 to 3 inches were common throughout the county.
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:59 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Ice Storm in New York, January 6 to 9, 1998
- Ice Storm in Vermont, January 6 to 9, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 6, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 6, 1998
- Ice Storm in Vermont, January 6 to 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, January 6, 1998
- Flooding in New York, January 6 to 12, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Louisiana, January 6 to 7, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 6, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, January 6 to 7, 1998
- Winter Weather in New York, January 6 to 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Mississippi, January 6 to 7, 1998
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, January 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: 5630756.