Flash Flood, Johnston
- When
- March 9, 1:50 AM EST to 3:30 AM EST
- Where
- Johnston County, Selma
- Coordinates
- 35.518, -78.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in North Carolina, March 9, 1998
Thunderstorms produced very heavy rain across most of eastern and central Wake county and most of Johnston county. County Emergency Management personnel reported numerous streams and creeks came out of their banks in both counties.
Where it happened
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- Floods
- Wind
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- 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
- 2
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.
Thunderstorms produced very heavy rain across most of eastern and central Wake county and most of Johnston county. County Emergency Management personnel reported numerous streams and creeks came out of their banks in both counties. The most flooding in Wake county was around the south side of Raleigh where several roads had to be closed. In Johnston county, flooding was reported from many locations including Selma and Clayton. Several rural roads were closed. Rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches occurred in less than an hour.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Wake
- When
- March 9, 1:50 AM EST to 3:30 AM EST
- Where
- Wake County, Raleigh
- Coordinates
- 35.790, -78.650 (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
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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: 5642733, 5642734.