Flash Flood, Appomattox
- When
- January 28, 12:00 PM EST to 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Appomattox County, 4 mi WNW of Oakville
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 37.372, -78.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Virginia, January 28, 1998
Heavy rains resulted in Wreck Island Creek flooding route 666 about 4 miles west-northwest of Oakville. The bridge and adjacent road was damaged by the 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
- $100,000
- 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 RNK wrote it up.
Heavy rains resulted in Wreck Island Creek flooding route 666 about 4 miles west-northwest of Oakville. The bridge and adjacent road was damaged by the flooding.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:59 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
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in New Jersey, January 28 to 29, 1998
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in Delaware, January 28 to 29, 1998
- Coastal Flood and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 28 to 29, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Maryland, January 28, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Virginia, January 28, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, January 28, 1998
- High Surf in California, January 28 to 31, 1998
- Coastal Flood and Heavy Rain in Maryland, January 28, 1998
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 28, 1998
- High Surf in California, January 28 to 31, 1998
- High Wind in South Carolina, January 28, 1998
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, January 28, 1998
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, 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: 5631135.