Apr 3, 2024
Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms prompted a widespread flash flood problems across the Ohio River Valley on April 2nd to April 3rd. The synoptic pattern across the CONUS was a slow moving and deep elongated trough over the Great Plains phasing with a ejecting trough over the Midwest that created an area of converging moisture over eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Overall, over a span of 4 days, four to five an half inches of rain fell across the region. Not only was small tribut
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1171759). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Butler County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.