Apr 19, 2011
On Tuesday the 19th, a strong east to west front stretched from north central West Virginia on across extreme southern Ohio near the Ohio River.||Rounds of showers and thunderstorms moved into southeast Ohio around 0200E and continued into the late afternoon. By late afternoon, rain amounts of 1.75 to 2.25 were common, generally from the Route 50 corridor on north through Perry County. One automatic gauge near New Lexington had 2.31 inches. Small stream flooding was common in Athens and Per
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 288780). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Perry County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.