Aug 13, 2013
South of a cold front, mid level support and upper level jet dynamics helped form and enhance showers and thunderstorms in eastern Ohio during the late evening on the 12th. These clusters trained across portions of Vinton, Athens, and Washington Counties. In this maximum rainfall band, amounts from about 2300E on the 12th to 0300E on the 13th were on the order of 2 to 4 inches. The maximum rainfall reported was from the cooperative observer along the Ohio River at Newport. They measured 4.74
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 460037). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Washington County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.