Flood, Bedford
- When
- January 8, 12:30 PM EST to January 9, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Bedford forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.315, -79.524 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Virginia, January 8 to 9, 1998
Heavy rainfall on the 7th and the 8th resulted in minor to moderate flooding on the James River. The James River crested about 2 feet over flood state at Holcomb Rock at 0000 EST on the 9th, just over flood stage at Lynchburg at 0000 EST on the 9th, and one foot over flood stage at Bent Creek at 0700 EST on the 9th.
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
- 4
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 rainfall on the 7th and the 8th resulted in minor to moderate flooding on the James River. The James River crested about 2 feet over flood state at Holcomb Rock at 0000 EST on the 9th, just over flood stage at Lynchburg at 0000 EST on the 9th, and one foot over flood stage at Bent Creek at 0700 EST on the 9th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Amherst
- When
- January 8, 12:30 PM EST to January 9, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Amherst forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.605, -79.145 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Appomattox
- When
- January 8, 12:30 PM EST to January 9, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Appomattox forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.372, -78.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Campbell
- When
- January 8, 12:30 PM EST to January 9, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Campbell forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.310, -79.119 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flooding in West Virginia, January 8 to 11, 1998
- Ice Storm in New York, January 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New York, January 8 to 9, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, January 8, 1998
- Flooding in New York, January 8 to 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Mississippi, January 8, 1998
- Flooding in New York, January 8 to 11, 1998
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, January 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, January 8 to 11, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, January 8, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, January 8 to 9, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, January 8 to 10, 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: 5631157, 5631158, 5631159, 5631160.