Oct 27, 2005
An upper level low pressure system tracked east over Ohio during the evening hours of the 24th and into the morning hours of the 25th. This system produced rain, some of it heavy, over most of northern Ohio. The heaviest rainfall fell on portions of the Scioto River basin including Marion County. With the ground already saturated from steady rains the previous four days, the heavy rain on the 25th ran off causing the Scioto River at Prospect to rise. The river eventually went into flood duri
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5476790). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Marion County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.