Flash Flood, Henry
- When
- August 16, 6:40 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Henry County, Bassett
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.685, -79.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Virginia, August 16, 1998
Thunderstorm rains on the 16th flooded Ridge Road, Longview Drive, and Wall Street in Bassett. Willie Craig Road, five miles west of Bassett was washed out.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 RNK wrote it up.
Thunderstorm rains on the 16th flooded Ridge Road, Longview Drive, and Wall Street in Bassett. Willie Craig Road, five miles west of Bassett was washed out. After flood waters receded a car collapsed the road between 1930 EST and 2000 EST.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:39 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Henry
- When
- August 16, 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Henry County, 5 mi W of Bassett
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.685, -79.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
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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: 5661632, 5661633.