Apr 4, 2018
A warm front lifted north out of the central plains and into Ohio on April 3 with a trailing area of low pressure over Michigan. Morning showers on April 3rd brought an inch or two of rain to southern portions of the area over the Ohio River drainage basin. Later that afternoon and evening thunderstorms moved over these same already saturated areas. This additional heavy rain resulted in rapid runoff and flooding despite rainfall totals of an inch or less. Another round of showers occurred on Ap
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 751736). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Richland County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.