1,899 first-hand accounts of flood events in Ohio, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A low pressure system and associated cold front moved into the Ohio Valley on the evening of the 19th, which was already an environment primed for locally heavy rainfall given the abundant amount of low level moisture.
Read the full account →A low pressure system and associated cold front moved into the Ohio Valley on the evening of the 19th, which was already an environment primed for locally heavy rainfall given the abundant amount of low level moisture.
Read the full account →A low pressure system and associated cold front moved into the Ohio Valley on the evening of the 19th, which was already an environment primed for locally heavy rainfall given the abundant amount of low level moisture.
Read the full account →Heavy rain moved across already saturated ground cover on the morning of the 27th. Measured rainfall from observers show rainfall rates of 4.5 per hour.
Read the full account →The remnants of Hurricane Katrina dumped locally heavy rains on portions of Northeast Ohio. The rain began during the morning hours of the 30th and tapered off after daybreak on the 31st.
Read the full account →A low pressure system moved through the southern Ohio River Valley on the 6th, crossing the middle Ohio River Valley on the 7th. This system tapped into moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and brought a prolonged period of moderate to heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →A powerful cold front and upper level trough pushed across the Upper Ohio Valley on July 10th producing widespread severe weather and flash flooding from eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, and western Pennsylvania. This included 3 separate tornadoes.
Read the full account →A large area of rain and embedded thunderstorms moved from central into northern Ohio during the afternoon and early evening hours as warm front lifted north over Lake Erie.
Read the full account →By 545 PM on 5th, Killbuck Creek flooded Rte 60 near Warsaw, and Rte 715 was flooded near Walhonding.On the Muskingum River, Coshocton was above flood stage (15 ft), from 330 AM on 4th, all the way into the month of February. Coshocton crested 19.5 ft 4 PM on Jan 12.
Read the full account →The remnants of Hurricane Katrina dumped locally heavy rains on portions of Northeast Ohio. The rain began during the morning hours of the 30th and tapered off after daybreak on the 31st.
Read the full account →A cold front with a wave of low pressure moving along it into northern Ohio produced strong storms with heavy rain on July 27, 2014. High moisture content over the region, as indicated by dew points in the upper 60s, combined with some upslope and lake enhancement to cause flash…
Read the full account →A wave of low pressure moved along a nearly stalled front late on the 6th, with an upper level shortwave trough moving over head. The combination of these features produced a band of heavy, persistent rainfall across southern Lawrence County.
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 →An area of strong low pressure moved northeast across northern Ohio during the evening hours of January 5th, 2007. Moderate to heavy rainfall accompanied this storm system.
Read the full account →An area of strong low pressure moved northeast across northern Ohio during the evening hours of January 5th, 2007. Moderate to heavy rainfall accompanied this storm system.
Read the full account →A moist and humid air mass south of a cold front was over the area. A vorticity lobe kicked off a line of thunderstorms that moved over the area.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms dumped between two and four inches of rain on southern Wood and northern Hancock Counties during the late afternoon and early evening hours of August 27th. Spotters in McComb (Hancock County) measured three and a half inches of rain between 4 and 7 p.m.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms overspread the region during the afternoon and evening hours as a slow moving cold front pushed through the Ohio Valley. The storms produced damaging winds, heavy rainfall and isolated tornadoes.
Read the full account →The Cuyahoga River at Valley View overflowed its banks. A number of businesses and numerous basements and roads were flooded, cars were submerged and some schools were closed on 06/02/97 because of impassable roads. Thirty five people were evacuated.
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 →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 →Between May 25th and May 26th heavy rainfall occurred as a warm front lifted north across the area. A strong southerly flow, ahead of a cold front, transported very moist air through Tennessee, Kentucky and into Ohio on the 25th. Surface dew points were in the 60s.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure over the Gulf States deepened as it moved north into the Ohio Valley. Rain started on Sunday the 27th and lasted until Tuesday the 29th, with rainfall amounts near 3 over parts of Lucas and Wood Counties.
Read the full account →Another major rain event occurred from late on the 9th into the evening hours of the 10th. Rain amounts of 1 to 2 inches were common. Including this episode, the accumulative affects of 5 significant rain events since February 21st, caused the Ohio River to flood.
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