1,899 first-hand accounts of flood events in Ohio, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →In the muggy summer environment, a complex of showers and thunderstorms formed during the evening hours in central Ohio. The individual cells moved southeast.
Read the full account →Heavy rain and runoff from snowmelt caused extensive flooding in Holmes and Wayne Counties during the first half of January. The flooding was most severe along and near Killbuck Creek which went into flood around midday on January 3rd.
Read the full account →A strong area of low pressure moved northeast across Ohio on February 28th. Heavy rain fell over northern Ohio in association with this low. Rainfall totals of between one and three inches were reported.
Read the full account →During the early morning hours of July 19th a dissipating storm complex over Michigan reintensified as it moved over Lake Erie. These strong storms produced a narrow swath of 3 to 6 inches of rain fell over north central Ohio.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure moved through the central great lakes on May 21st with a cold front moving into northern Ohio during the evening. Several severe thunderstorms developed in the unstable air ahead of the cold front.
Read the full account →A strong area of low pressure moved northeast across Ohio on February 28th. Heavy rain fell over northern Ohio in association with this low. Rainfall totals of between one and three inches were reported.
Read the full account →Up to ten inches of rain fell across Williams County in a 6 hour period producing serious flooding in many communities in Williams County. The hardest hit communities were Bryan, Ohio and Antwerp, Ohio. Flooding in the county was described as the worst in 70 years.
Read the full account →Widespread two-day rainfall totals for March 1 and 2 generally ranged from 2.4 to 3.4 inches across much of Monroe County. The heavy rainfall led to widespread flooding across the county.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall occurred across Southern Ohio and Northern Kentucky on the 1st and 2nd with areas along the Ohio river receiving up to 12 inches of rainfall. The river rose rapidly reaching a crest of 59.8 feet at Portsmouth at 1000 pm on the 4th. Flood stage is 50.0 feet.
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 →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 cut-off low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere remained across the Ohio valley from late on May 31st through June 2nd. Heavy showers fell across Southern and Central Ohio from the 31st through the morning hours of the 1st.
Read the full account →A surface low pressure system lifted from the middle Mississippi Valley into western Ohio on the 1st. This pushed a warm front through the middle Ohio River Valley, kicking off strong to severe thunderstorms in the afternoon and early evening.
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 →South of a frontal zone, repetitive showers and thunderstorms moved west to east across Perry and Morgan Counties during the afternoon and evening hours of the 18th. The heaviest rains favored southern portions of Perry County and western sections of Morgan County.
Read the full account →A strong area of low pressure moved northeast across Ohio on February 28th. Heavy rain fell over northern Ohio in association with this low. Rainfall totals of between one and three inches were reported.
Read the full account →A moist airmass was in place on June 10th in response to a slow moving upper level disturbance crossing through the Ohio Valley. Afternoon showers and thunderstorms were focused over southeast Ohio and resulted in flash flooding to occur near Pomeroy, where a local roadway…
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 →Following several days of showers and thunderstorms, a final upper level disturbance crossed on the 31st bringing another round of showers and storms. A couple of the storms produced hail.
Read the full account →Numerous rounds of showers in southeast Ohio associated with a warm front led to a rise on the Muskingum River at both McConnelsville and Beverly from March 20th to the 22nd.
Read the full account →During the afternoon of the 26th, a low pressure system was organizing over the lower Ohio River. Meanwhile, ahead of that system, a frontal boundary stretched east through southern Ohio and central West Virginia.
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 →Hot and humid conditions with temperatures in the 90s and dew points in the 70s on the afternoon of the 3rd produced torrential rainfall with radar estimated rainfall rates up to 5 inches and hour.
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