Flash Flood, Berkeley
- When
- February 4, 2:00 PM EST to February 5, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Berkeley County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 39.464, -78.027 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in West Virginia, February 4 to 5, 1998
Moderate rain, falling on top of 3 to 6 inches of snow, produced areas of flooding across the eastern panhandle late on the 4th and continuing through the afternoon of the 5th. In Berkeley Co, 4 secondary roads closed; 9 closed in Jefferson Co.
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
- $5,000
- 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 LWX wrote it up.
Moderate rain, falling on top of 3 to 6 inches of snow, produced areas of flooding across the eastern panhandle late on the 4th and continuing through the afternoon of the 5th. In Berkeley Co, 4 secondary roads closed; 9 closed in Jefferson Co. A Berkeley Co resident was stranded in his pickup truck while attempting to cross a bridge; a mobile home shifted on the mud in Cascade.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:00 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Jefferson
- When
- February 4, 2:00 PM EST to February 5, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 39.308, -77.863 (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
- Coastal Flood in Virginia, February 4 to 6, 1998
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in New Jersey, February 4 to 9, 1998
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in Delaware, February 4 to 9, 1998
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Virginia, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Coastal Flood in Maryland, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Coastal Flood in Maryland, February 4 to 6, 1998
- Flooding in Georgia, February 4 to 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Storm Surge in Ohio, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, February 4 to 6, 1998
- High Wind in Puerto Rico, February 4, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, February 4 to 5, 1998
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, February 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: 5635965, 5635966.