Flash Flood in Ohio, January 7 to 8, 1998

Name: Flash Flood in Ohio, January 7 to 8, 1998
Start: 1998-01-07T19:45
End: 1998-01-08T13:00
Location: Ohio

January 7 to 8, 1998 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash 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.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Muskingum

When: January 7, 7:45 PM EST to January 8, 1:00 PM EST
Where: Muskingum County, Countywide
Coordinates: 39.965, -81.944 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several roads and streams were flooded in Roseville. State Route 16 in Adams Mills was flooded. Maysville Pike in southern Zanesville was flooded. Dresden Road and Fairville Road were flooded in the northern part of the county. The White Cottage Fire Department was reportedly evacuated. State Route 208 between Adams Mills and Dresden was closed due to a mudslide. Four miles east of Roseville, Brush and Goose Creek were out of their banks and flooding nearby roads and an observer reported 2.5 inches total rainfall.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Ohio in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, January 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: 5638227.