Feb 8, 2009
A long stretch of below normal temperatures allowed a deep snowpack and significant river ice cover to develop in northern Ohio during January and early February. Unseasonably warm weather February 7th and 8th caused a rapid melting of the snowpack, increasing streamflows and causing ice jams on many rivers tributary to Lake Erie.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 156778). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Lorain County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.