Ohio, 1998Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 7 to 8, 1998
January 7 to 8, 1998 · NWS ILN · 5 events in 5 counties and zones
5 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $26,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Flash Flood, Hocking
- When
- January 7, 8:10 PM EST to January 8, 12:15 AM EST
- Where
- Hocking County, Carbon Hill
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 39.497, -82.479 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several hours of heavy rainfall water to flood across county roads. Six roads were closed and several cars were trapped in over 3 feet of water.
Flash Flood, Adams
- When
- January 7, 8:30 PM EST to 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Adams County, Cedar Mills
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.846, -83.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Persistent heavy rainfall caused water to flood across Rte. 348.
Flash Flood, Pike
- When
- January 7, 8:30 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pike County, Waverly
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 39.077, -83.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rainfall causes several county roads to be closed due to high water.
Flash Flood, Scioto
- When
- January 7, 10:00 PM EST to 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Scioto County, Lucasville
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.804, -82.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rainfall caused water to flood across Rte 23.
Flash Flood, Logan
- When
- January 8, 12:30 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Logan County, De Graff
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 40.388, -83.766 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rainfall on the 7th and 8th caused numerous county roads to be covered by water.
- 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.
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, January 7, 19987 deaths · $20 million · 1 event
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in South Carolina, January 7 to 8, 19981 death · 7 injured · $3.2 million · F2 · 11 events
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, January 7, 19981 death · $1.7 million · 50 events
- Flash Flooding and Flood in North Carolina, January 7 to 9, 199811 injured · $14 million · 50 kt wind · 26 events
- Ice Storm in New Hampshire, January 7 to 9, 19981 injured · $27 million · 10 events
- Flash Flood in Alabama, January 7, 19981 death · $20,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, January 7, 19981 death · $13,000 · 9 events
- Flood in Louisiana, January 7, 19981 death · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, January 7, 1998$2.1 million · 3 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, January 7, 1998$1.4 million · 10 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Virginia, January 7 to 8, 1998$1.1 million · 15 events
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, January 7, 1998$251,000 · F1 · 21 events
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: 5627653, 5627650, 5627652, 5627651, 5627654.