Flash Flood, Lake
- When
- July 3, 3:30 PM PST to 6:30 PM PST
- Where
- Lake County, 9 mi N of Silver Lake
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.793, -120.387 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Oregon, July 3, 1998
Stationary thunderstorm with heavy rain and small hail produced nearly an inch of rainfall in three hours. The resulting flash flood caused mudslides on Hwy 31 north of Silver Lake, with one inch of water and 6-8 inch diameter rock covering a half mile stretch of the roadway.
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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
Stationary thunderstorm with heavy rain and small hail produced nearly an inch of rainfall in three hours. The resulting flash flood caused mudslides on Hwy 31 north of Silver Lake, with one inch of water and 6-8 inch diameter rock covering a half mile stretch of the roadway.
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 207 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:30 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flood in Alabama, July 3, 1998
- Heat in Texas, July 3, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Wildfire in Washington, July 3 to 31, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 3 to 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Montana, July 3, 1998
- Tornado in Montana, July 3, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Indiana, July 3 to 4, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, July 3 to 4, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 3, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Florida, July 3, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Kentucky, July 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 3, 1998
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, July 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: 5655282.