Flash Flood, Montgomery
- When
- March 19, 2:00 AM EST to 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Mt Gilead
- Coordinates
- 35.333, -79.905 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in North Carolina, March 19, 1998
A slow moving cold front became stationary over central North Carolina during the early morning hours of the 19th. Heavy rain developed near the frontal boundary and moved slowly across Montgomery, Moore, and Randolph counties then into areas from Siler City and Raleigh northeast to Durham, Chapel Hill, Oxford, Henderson, and Warrenton.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 10 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
- 10
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.
A slow moving cold front became stationary over central North Carolina during the early morning hours of the 19th. Heavy rain developed near the frontal boundary and moved slowly across Montgomery, Moore, and Randolph counties then into areas from Siler City and Raleigh northeast to Durham, Chapel Hill, Oxford, Henderson, and Warrenton. Numerous roads had to be closed in Chatham, Wake, Durham, and Vance counties. Rainfall amounts up to 4 inches fell on already saturated ground.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
10 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Chatham
- When
- March 19, 3:00 AM EST to 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Chatham County, Moncure
- Coordinates
- 35.703, -79.255 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Moore
- When
- March 19, 3:00 AM EST to 5:30 AM EST
- Where
- Moore County, Robbins
- Coordinates
- 35.311, -79.481 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Randolph
- When
- March 19, 3:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Randolph County, Sophia
- Coordinates
- 35.710, -79.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Durham
- When
- March 19, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Durham County, Durham
- Coordinates
- 36.036, -78.876 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Orange
- When
- March 19, 4:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Orange County, Chapel Hill
- Coordinates
- 36.061, -79.121 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Wake
- When
- March 19, 4:00 AM EST to 6:50 AM EST
- Where
- Wake County, Raleigh
- Coordinates
- 35.790, -78.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Granville
- When
- March 19, 7:00 AM EST to 9:30 AM EST
- Where
- Granville County, Oxford
- Coordinates
- 36.304, -78.653 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Vance
- When
- March 19, 7:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Vance County, Bear Pond
- Coordinates
- 36.365, -78.408 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Warren
- When
- March 19, 8:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Warren County, Warrenton
- Coordinates
- 36.397, -78.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Tornado in Florida, March 19, 1998
- Flash Flood in Florida, March 19 to 20, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 19 to 27, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 19 to 24, 1998
- Flash Flood in Florida, March 19 to 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 19, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 19 to 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 19, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 19 to 31, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 19 to 24, 1998
More
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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: 5642736, 5642737, 5642740, 5642742, 5642738, 5642741, 5642744, 5642739, 5642743, 5642745.