1,899 first-hand accounts of flood events in Ohio, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
An intense low pressure system developed over the Southern Plains, in conjunction with an upper-level trough. This low pressure system developed much like a winter weather system, as the storm deepened as it progressed eastward.
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 →Strong moisture advection ahead of a southern stream low pressure system brought a prolonged period of moderate to heavy rainfall across the middle Ohio River Valley. The rainfall started during the afternoon of the 11th, and continued through most of the day on the 12th.
Read the full account →Following a prolonged cold stretch to end December and begin January, many rivers and streams across the middle Ohio River Valley became ice covered. January 10-12 saw temperatures surge into the 50s and 60s, along with over 2 inches of rain.
Read the full account →Several waves of low pressure at the surface moved up the Ohio River Valley on the 6th and 7th. Rainfall amounts across Southeast Ohio through the period were 2 to 3 inches, with some localized amounts over 3 inches.
Read the full account →A front, which has been lingering north of our area, marched south on July 6th and brought damaging storms and widespread flooding. Sufficiently strong mid-level flow supported damaging wind in some cases. However, the main impacts were from flash flooding.
Read the full account →Flood waters from the Allegheny and the Monongahela Rivers crested in phase at the Point in Pittsburgh. Water from these two mainstem rivers flow into the Ohio River.
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 →Temperatures warmed into the upper 50s on the evening of Thursday February 20th into the early morning hours of Friday the 21st. This brief thaw was accompanied by an average 0.5 of rainfall as a cold front moved through the region.
Read the full account →An unseasonably warm and moist air mass was in place across the region during the morning hours of March 1st. Showers and thunderstorms developed across the Ohio Valley during the early morning hours as a strong low pressure system lifted northeast into the Great Lakes region.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Cindy made landfall in southwestern Louisiana on the 22nd. The storm weakened after making landfall and became post tropical as it moved through the Mississippi and lower Ohio River Valleys into the 23rd.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Cindy made landfall in southwestern Louisiana on the 22nd. The storm weakened after making landfall and became post tropical as it moved through the Mississippi and lower Ohio River Valleys into the 23rd.
Read the full account →In an unseasonably warm airmass, thunderstorms formed along a cold front moving into Ohio from the west on the afternoon of the 5th. These storms were aided by a strong upper level system, with fast flow above the surface.
Read the full account →In an unseasonably warm airmass, thunderstorms formed along a cold front moving into Ohio from the west on the afternoon of the 5th. These storms were aided by a strong upper level system, with fast flow above the surface.
Read the full account →On Saturday the 18th of November an area of low pressure moved over the lower Great Lakes. A warm front lifted into the area during the morning hours with an initial round of rain showers.
Read the full account →A strong cold front moved across the Ohio River Valley during the afternoon of March 1. Strong storms had developed near this cold front well to the west the day before, and raced through the middle Ohio River Valley early on the 1st as a severe squall line producing widespread…
Read the full account →Rain overspread the area following a warm frontal passage on the morning of Feb 7th. Rainfall amounts approached an inch for areas along the northern lakeshore, and a secondary swath of an inch in the Muskingum basin.
Read the full account →Several waves of thunderstorms moving across the county created major flooding problems. Evacuations were required near West Lafayette, where Evans Creek came out of its banks. Numerous roads across the county were flooded.
Read the full account →Heavy rain and runoff from snowmelt caused extensive flooding in Wood, Lucas and Ottawa Counties the first half of January. The flooding was most severe along the Maumee and Portage Rivers.
Read the full account →The second night of thunderstorms hit during Saturday night the 27th, into Sunday morning, the 28th. Portions of Athens, Washington, and Meigs Counties were hit hard by flooding from this round. The third night of thunderstorms was on Sunday the 28th into Monday the 29th.
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 →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 →By the 23rd many tributaries to the Ohio river had already crested and were receding back within their banks. However, a significant rain event occurred on the 23rd bringing over 2 inches of rain to South Central areas with lesser amounts to the north.
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.
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