May 5, 2012
Convection dropped from northwestern Ohio during the late afternoon and reached into southeast Ohio during the evening hours of the 4th. This was south of an east to west cold front in northern Ohio. That front was sinking slowly south. Surface dew points were in the mid 60s. ||The convection consolidated into large cold clusters, first in eastern Ohio. As these weakened, the clusters of showers and thunderstorms to their southwest got stronger. These moved through southeast Ohio and even
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 372597). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Gilmer County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.