1,899 first-hand accounts of flood events in Ohio, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
An arctic cold front approached and passed through the area February 3rd into February 4th. Multiple waves of low pressure moved along this front, allowing for a slow moving system which provided plenty of rainfall, heavy at times, to the Ohio Valley.
Read the full account →Periods of moderate to heavy rain occurred on February 17th into the 18th in response to a passing cold front. Southeast Ohio took the brunt of precipitation, resulting in 1 to 2 inches of rainfall accumulations.
Read the full account →Record Lake Erie water levels in May. May averaged 574.3 feet over sea level, about 30 inches above normal, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This was a quarter-inch above the all-time record, set in June 1986.
Read the full account →Thunderstorm continued to move across Tuscarawas County during the day of the 28th. By that evening, major flash flooding problems were reported countywide. The city of Uhrichsville was especially hard hit, with 300 families forced to evacuated.
Read the full account →Low pressure over west central Indiana moved slowly east in Ohio on the afternoon and evening of the 21st. The boundary slowed to a stationary front across central Ohio, becoming a catalyst for storm development.
Read the full account →Low pressure tracked through the central Great Lakes bringing widespread rain to the area along with temperatures in the mid 40s. This warm up was preceded by a significant snow event on the 19th and 20th which produced widespread snow amounts from 6 to 16 inches.
Read the full account →A warm front stalled north of the Ohio Valley early on January 1st as a low pressure system developed near the area. These features brought widespread moderate to heavy rainfall to the area.
Read the full account →A warm front stalled north of the Ohio Valley early on January 1st as a low pressure system developed near the area. These features brought widespread moderate to heavy rainfall to the area.
Read the full account →The remnants of Tropical Storm Fred moved into the area late on August 17th into early August 18th leading to heavy rainfall in the Ohio Valley.
Read the full account →A cluster of slow-moving thunderstorms drifted east across the Upper Ohio Valley. A segment of training storms were focused across Jefferson County, Ohio in the area of Winterville and Steubenville, where over 2 inches fell in an hour and caused flash flooding issues in those…
Read the full account →On the evening of May 12th a warm front tracking north over Lake Erie, reversed itself and moved back inland over northern Ohio. An organized convective complex with embedded supercells developed over north-central Ohio.
Read the full account →Repetitive showers and thunderstorms, moved southeast through western Vinton County, Jackson County, and western and central portions of Lawrence County between 1500E and 1830E on Tuesday, the 10th. This convection was just northeast of the surface warm front.
Read the full account →Repetitive showers and thunderstorms, moved southeast through western Vinton County, Jackson County, and western and central portions of Lawrence County between 1500E and 1830E on Tuesday, the 10th. This convection was just northeast of the surface warm front.
Read the full account →A slow moving cold front approached the Ohio Valley from the north on August 30th combined with a weak upper level disturbance. Increasing moisture in response to the advancement of the remnants of Hurricane Ida allowed for showers and thunderstorms to develop across the area…
Read the full account →Light rain spread north into southeast Ohio during the afternoon and evening hours of the 16th. The heavier rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ivan developed over Lawrence County before dawn on Friday the 17th, reaching the Athens and Marietta vicinity by 0900E on the 17th.
Read the full account →A small line of training thunderstorms brought torrential rainfall to southern Trumbull County on the evening of August 8th. The airmass over the region at the time was warm and humid which had led to rainfall rates over 2 inches per hour in earlier storms.
Read the full account →Low pressure moved northeast across northwest Ohio during the overnight hours of the 15th into the 16th. Locally heavy rainfall fell across eastern Ohio with amounts of one to two inches, with amounts over three inches in Cuyahoga County.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms formed during the evening hours on the 12th. A weak low pressure was over southern Ohio. Minor flash flooding occurred in Jackson County.||After a lull in the rain during the morning into the early afternoon on the 13th, a mesoscale convective complex…
Read the full account →Periods of moderate to heavy rain occurred on February 17th into the 18th in response to a passing cold front. Southeast Ohio took the brunt of precipitation, resulting in 1 to 2 inches of rainfall accumulations.
Read the full account →An arctic cold front approached and passed through the area February 3rd into February 4th. Multiple waves of low pressure moved along this front, allowing for a slow moving system which provided plenty of rainfall, heavy at times, to the Ohio Valley.
Read the full account →Periods of moderate to heavy rain occurred on February 17th into the 18th in response to a passing cold front. Southeast Ohio took the brunt of precipitation, resulting in 1 to 2 inches of rainfall accumulations.
Read the full account →Strong thunderstorms evolved across western Ohio during the afternoon and moved into central Ohio around 6-6:30 pm. Severe storms with winds and hail were prevalent.
Read the full account →Low pressure over the upper lakes drifted east into Quebec dragging a cold front through Ohio during the afternoon of June 5th. Warm moist air ahead of the cold front support severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →The remnants of Tropical Storm Fred moved into the area late on August 17th into early August 18th leading to heavy rainfall in the Ohio Valley.
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