Flood, Richland
- When
- May 15, 12:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County, Wahpeton
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 46.265, -96.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in North Dakota, May 15, 1998
5 to 6 inches of rain fell across portions of Richland county. On top of several days of heavy rains, lift stations could not keep up with the water, resulting in some basement flooding.
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
- $50,000
- 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 FGF wrote it up.
5 to 6 inches of rain fell across portions of Richland county. On top of several days of heavy rains, lift stations could not keep up with the water, resulting in some basement flooding. Across the county, 40 roads and 20 bridges were damaged by flooding, with damages estimated at 1 million. Northern portions of the county were hit the hardest.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 15, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, May 15, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flood in Iowa, May 15, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 15 to 18, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 15, 1998
- Hail in Minnesota, May 15, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 15, 1998
- High Wind in South Dakota, May 15, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 15, 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: 5640659.