1,899 first-hand accounts of flood events in Ohio, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
After a few drier days, a stretch of active weather returned to the area beginning on July 7th. This was due to a cold front slowly approaching from the west while the remnants of a tropical system tracked north through the Carolinas and Virginia.
Read the full account →After a brief stint of drier weather, showers and thunderstorms returned to the area for the end of July as moisture increased ahead of a cold front.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms spread across parts of southeast Ohio as a cold front approached from the northwest on September 24th. Following a brief lull in the evening, activity redeveloped as the front approached the Ohio River late that night and then continued east across West…
Read the full account →The final period of heavy rain deposited a half inch to an inch, in less than 3 hours, over saturated ground. In Meigs County, 80 percent of the roads in Rutland Township were affected by high water.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms moved across the region during the late afternoon and evening hours. Heavy rains accompanied the thunderstorms with rainfall rates of nearly two inches per hour with the stronger storms. The heaviest rains fell in southern Medina and northern Wayne Counties.
Read the full account →A strong frontal boundary pushed across southeast Ohio late on the 3rd. By dawn on the 4th, the frontal zone stalled just to the south. Late on the 4th and into the 5th, a low pressure wave lifted northeast, along this boundary, and through the Ohio River Valley.Rains of 1.5…
Read the full account →Rivers began to rise January 2 because of snow melt and temperatures 20 degrees above normal. Two to 3 inches of rain fell January 3 and 4, causing rivers in Eastern Ohio to rise.
Read the full account →The low pressure remains of Hurricane Frances caused about a 30 hour rain event, from the afternoon of the 7th, into the evening hours of the 8th.
Read the full account →The low pressure remains of Hurricane Frances caused about a 30 hour rain event, from the afternoon of the 7th, into the evening hours of the 8th.
Read the full account →The remnants of Ivan moved across the Ohio Valley on September 17th. A stationary front extending northeast from the low caused heavy rains to develop and fall on most of northeastern Ohio from late on September 16th through the 17th.
Read the full account →The remnants of Ivan moved across the Ohio Valley on September 17th. A stationary front extending northeast from the low caused heavy rains to develop and fall on most of northeastern Ohio from late on September 16th through the 17th.
Read the full account →Separate waves of rain moved along a strong west to east frontal zone in the Ohio Valley, from late on the 3rd into the early morning hours of the 8th. To the south of the boundary, dew points were in the 50 to 55 degree range.
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 →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 →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 →Light precipitation started to arrive the evening of the 14th, then more substantial rain spread across the area overnight into the 15th as a warm front approached from the south.
Read the full account →Light precipitation started to arrive the evening of the 14th, then more substantial rain spread across the area overnight into the 15th as a warm front approached from the south.
Read the full account →Light precipitation started to arrive the evening of the 14th, then more substantial rain spread across the area overnight into the 15th as a warm front approached from the south.
Read the full account →Light precipitation started to arrive the evening of the 14th, then more substantial rain spread across the area overnight into the 15th as a warm front approached from the south.
Read the full account →Light precipitation started to arrive the evening of the 14th, then more substantial rain spread across the area overnight into the 15th as a warm front approached from the south.
Read the full account →Light precipitation started to arrive the evening of the 14th, then more substantial rain spread across the area overnight into the 15th as a warm front approached from the south.
Read the full account →Light precipitation started to arrive the evening of the 14th, then more substantial rain spread across the area overnight into the 15th as a warm front approached from the south.
Read the full account →Light precipitation started to arrive the evening of the 14th, then more substantial rain spread across the area overnight into the 15th as a warm front approached from the south.
Read the full account →On the evening of February 5th, precipitation entered southeast Ohio as a low pressure system crossed through the Ohio Valley. Widespread rain continued into the morning of the 6th, then tapered off in the wake of a cold front that pressed through during the early afternoon.
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