Mar 28, 1998
Unseasonably warm weather resulted in dramatic snowmelt with rapid rises on rivers the last few days of March. In addition, showers and thunderstorms with heavy downpours moved across the area on the 30th aggravating the flooding. Among the streams and rivers flooding were the Great Chazy which began flooding at 350 pm est Saturday March 28 and the Saranac River which began flooding at 8 AM Sunday March 29th. These rivers continued to exceed flood stage through the end of the month with road cl
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5656838). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Clinton County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.