1,899 first-hand accounts of flood events in Ohio, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A stationary front stalled across central Ohio on the afternoon of the 16th. Warm moist air was in place with dew points near 70 degrees. Recent rains across the region had produced nearly saturated ground conditions supporting rapid runoff and an increased risk of flash…
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 →Runoff from very heavy thunderstorm rains caused the Cuyahoga River to leave it's banks late on the 21st. The river crested at 12.64 feet at Old Portage around 10 p.m. on the 21st. The river fell back below it's flood stage of 9 feet just after midnight on the 24th.
Read the full account →Moisture from the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin interacted with a stationary front to cause heavy rain producing thunderstorms over portions of northern Ohio.
Read the full account →A cold front approached the Ohio Valley along with a series of upper level disturbances which allowed for showers and thunderstorms to develop along southeast Ohio during the afternoon and evening of August 13th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms flourished across southeast Ohio on the afternoon and evening of June 21st as a cold front glided through the region. Most of the storms became stronger after passing over the Ohio River, but there were a few instances of damaging wind gusts that resulted in downed…
Read the full account →A surface area of low pressure tracked from the high plains crossing northern Ohio on Sunday May 9th. Widespread light to moderate rain developed Sunday morning and was ongoing through much of the day.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →An initial convective complex developed during the evening hours of the 22nd near Chicago. The complex reached southeast Ohio just after 0000E on the 23rd, while a surface warm front was returning northeast into eastern Ohio and northern West Virginia.
Read the full account →Showers with isolated thunderstorms developed along and ahead of a cold front across northern Ohio. These storms produced moderate to heavy rain concentrated along the frontal boundary stalled over lakeshore counties.
Read the full account →A slow moving low pressure system positioned over Tennessee and Kentucky caused multiple heavy bands of rain to move into southeast Ohio through the majority of the work week.
Read the full account →A hot and humid airmass over the Ohio Valley was broken up on the 10th by a shortwave trough and a surface cold front that came moved through during the afternoon hours.
Read the full account →On June 14, the front moved north over the lake and stalled just north of Erie, PA. Most of Ohio was in the warm sector with much of area getting into the low to mid 80s. Moisture remained abundant in the region as precipitable water values and dew points remained high.
Read the full account →A cold front advanced eastward from the Midwest by the evening of the 30th. A seasonably warm and moist airmass over Northern Ohio generated enough instability for the development of thunderstorms.
Read the full account →Strong support in the winds above the ground, caused showers and thunderstorms to form in the lower Ohio Valley during the evening of the 20th. Dew points were in the low and mid 50s.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms were generated by an approaching shortwave. A prefrontal trough in the morning temporarily suppressed the potential for flooding. However, during the afternoon, storms were able to regenerate.
Read the full account →From mid-January through early March of 2015, frigid and much below normal temperatures set the stage for ice jam development along rivers and creeks in the Lake Erie drainage basin.
Read the full account →A warm front lifted north through southeast Ohio on the 3rd with a quarter to a half inch of rain. Late afternoon and evening temperatures rose into the 40s and 50s. Winds and dew points also increased.
Read the full account →Moisture from the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin interacted with a stationary front to cause heavy rain producing thunderstorms over portions of northern Ohio.
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance crossed through the area from the west on August 19th, leading to periods of moderate to heavy rainfall expanding in coverage throughout the day.
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance crossed through the area from the west on August 19th, leading to periods of moderate to heavy rainfall expanding in coverage throughout the day.
Read the full account →As a cold front moved east toward the region on the morning and afternoon of the 23rd it interacted with an anomalously moist airmass associated with the remants of Tropical Storm Cindy over the Mississippi River Valley.
Read the full account →Another day of heavy rain moved into Ohio bringing localized areas of 2 to 3 inches of rain. Runoff from these mainly afternoon and evening storms fell on saturated soils and caused the rivers and streams and streams to rise.
Read the full account →Warm moist air ahead of a slow moving cold front supported storms with torrential rain June 23rd through midday on the 25th. Numerous thunderstorms produced rainfall amounts around 1 to 2 inches during that time.
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