Flood in North Dakota, August 1 to 15, 1998

Name: Flood in North Dakota, August 1 to 15, 1998
Start: 1998-08-01T00:00
End: 1998-08-15T23:59
Location: North Dakota

August 1 to 15, 1998 · NWS FGF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Nelson

When: August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 15, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Nelson forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 47.922, -98.192 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The north and south ends of Nelson county were plagued by water problems. Lake Laretta grew from a 1 1/2 mile long lake to 5 miles long, threatening the city of Michigan. Maintaining roads and losing farmland to high water levels were major problems for the county. Over 100,000 acres of Nelson county were taken out of production due to rising water levels. Flooding problems also occurred near Stump Lake, where high Devils Lake water levels threatened to add to the flooding concerns.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Dakota in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in North Dakota, August 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: 5665310.