Flood, Tazewell
- When
- June 10, 9:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tazewell forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 37.125, -81.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Virginia, June 10, 1998
Heavy rain during the early morning hours on the 10th resulted in minor flooding on the Clinch River at Richlands. The Clinch River crested a little over a foot above flood stage at 1200 EST on the 10th at Richlands.
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 RNK wrote it up.
Heavy rain during the early morning hours on the 10th resulted in minor flooding on the Clinch River at Richlands. The Clinch River crested a little over a foot above flood stage at 1200 EST on the 10th at Richlands.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, June 10 to 27, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, June 10, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, June 10, 1998
- Tornado in South Carolina, June 10, 1998
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 10, 1998
- Hail in Kansas, June 10, 1998
- Tornado in Kentucky, June 10, 1998
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 10, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 10, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 10 to 11, 1998
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 10, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 10, 1998
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, June 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: 5651705.