1,899 first-hand accounts of flood events in Ohio, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →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 →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 →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 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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →A strong, slow moving storm system moved through the Ohio River Valley on March 31st. This brought widespread rainfall to the Middle Ohio River Valley. There was some training of storms, leading to localized rainfall amounts of around 2 inches.
Read the full account →Following heavy rainfall on March 31, several creeks and streams remained above bankfull April 1st, and into the 3nd. The West Fork of Duck Creek at Macksburg in Washington County, Monday Creek at Doanville in Athens County, and Raccoon Creek at Bolins Mills in Vinton County…
Read the full account →A strong storm system moved out of the Plains into the Great Lakes on the 19th and 20th. Initially the precipitation started as a wintry mix, but accumulations were minor.
Read the full account →A strong storm system moved out of the Plains into the Great Lakes on the 19th and 20th. Initially the precipitation started as a wintry mix, but accumulations were minor.
Read the full account →A strong storm system moved out of the Plains into the Great Lakes on the 19th and 20th. Initially the precipitation started as a wintry mix, but accumulations were minor.
Read the full account →A strong storm system moved out of the Plains into the Great Lakes on the 19th and 20th. Initially the precipitation started as a wintry mix, but accumulations were minor.
Read the full account →After some early morning rain showers, scattered thunderstorms formed in eastern and southern Ohio during the mid afternoon hours of the 3rd, ahead of a cold front.||The front sagged south to near the southern Ohio border with Kentucky by dawn on the 4th.
Read the full account →Streams and rivers were still swollen from previous rains and snow melt. The Ohio River was still having some minor overflow as more rain began during the afternoon of the 13th. This rain was associated with a warm front lifting north from Tennessee and southern Kentucky.
Read the full account →Heavy rain and runoff from snowmelt caused widespread lowland flooding in Erie County during the first half of January. Some of the worst flooding occurred along the Huron River. At Milan, the river was already above the 14 foot flood stage at midnight on the 1st.
Read the full account →Heavy rain and runoff from snowmelt caused widespread lowland flooding in Crawford, Seneca, Wyandot and Huron Counties the first half of January.
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