May 6, 1998
A prolonged period of light to occasionally moderate rain gradually saturated the ground during the first few days of May. Isolated heavier showers and thunderstorms developed across the central Shenandoah Valley, first during the overnight hours of the 7th and again during the early and mid afternoon of the 8th, causing several small streams and creeks to overspill their banks. The rainy period, which lasted the first 12 days of the month, dropped an estimated 3 to 5 inches across all of nort
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5645741). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Warren County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.