1,899 first-hand accounts of flood events in Ohio, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 strong southerly flow, ahead of a cold front, transported very moist air through Tennessee, Kentucky and into southeast Ohio. Surface dew points were in the mid and upper 60s.
Read the full account →Businesses and homes were flooded when strong northeasterly winds and near record high lake levels produced waves of six to eight feet, aggravating shoreline erosion and slowing discharge of stream outflow into Lake Erie.
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 →Heavy thunderstorm rain that began in May continued to fall on saturated ground, causing flooding of streets, streams, homes, fields and low lying areas. Many roads were closed and berms washed out forcing the closing of some schools.
Read the full account →Heavy thunderstorm rain that began in May continued to fall on saturated ground, causing flooding of streets, streams, homes, fields and low lying areas. Many roads were closed and berms washed out forcing the closing of some schools.
Read the full account →Heavy thunderstorm rain that began in May continued to fall on saturated ground, causing flooding of streets, streams, homes, fields and low lying areas. Many roads were closed and berms washed out forcing the closing of some schools.
Read the full account →Heavy thunderstorm rain that began in May continued to fall on saturated ground, causing flooding of streets, streams, homes, fields and low lying areas. Many roads were closed and berms washed out forcing the closing of some schools.
Read the full account →Heavy thunderstorm rain that began in May continued to fall on saturated ground, causing flooding of streets, streams, homes, fields and low lying areas. Many roads were closed and berms washed out forcing the closing of some schools.
Read the full account →Heavy thunderstorm rain that began in May continued to fall on saturated ground, causing flooding of streets, streams, homes, fields and low lying areas. Many roads were closed and berms washed out forcing the closing of some schools.
Read the full account →Heavy thunderstorm rain that began in May continued to fall on saturated ground, causing flooding of streets, streams, homes, fields and low lying areas. Many roads were closed and berms washed out forcing the closing of some schools.
Read the full account →Superstorm Sandy brought record rainfall and major flooding to northern portions of Ohio in late October 2012. The flooding was the result of three consecutive weather events; a cold front, hurricane Sandy remnants, and lake enhanced showers.
Read the full account →During the evening and nighttime hours of May 11th, an area of low pressure located over southern Wisconsin slowly progressed northeast over the upper Great Lakes. A frontal boundary extended southeast of the low, across portions of Indiana into southern Ohio.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon in an environment with moderate instability, weak flow, and an abnormally high amount of atmospheric moisture. These storms tended to build continuously over the same locations.
Read the full account →An upper level shortwave crossing a stationary front in southern Ohio helped to initiate thunderstorms in the afternoon on the 10th. Where instability was at it's best, a few strong storms developed.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms producing heavy rain moved across portions of the Miami Valley and southwest Ohio throughout the morning. Some locations saw two to four inches of rain, and combined with rainfall over the previous few days, flooding problems developed.
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 cold front moving southeast from the eastern Great Lakes through the Upper Ohio Valley produced widespread showers and thunderstorms. Some of the thunderstorms were severe with damaging winds most commonly reported.
Read the full account →A cold front moving southeast from the eastern Great Lakes through the Upper Ohio Valley produced widespread showers and thunderstorms. Some of the thunderstorms were severe with damaging winds most commonly reported.
Read the full account →Heavy thunderstorm rain that began in May continued to fall on saturated ground, causing flooding of streets, streams, homes, fields and low lying areas. Many roads were closed and berms washed out forcing the closing of some schools.
Read the full account →Heavy thunderstorm rain that began in May continued to fall on saturated ground, causing flooding of streets, streams, homes, fields and low lying areas. Many roads were closed and berms washed out forcing the closing of some schools.
Read the full account →Northeast winds up to 40 miles per hour increased the water level at the Toledo Coast Guard Station (Lucas County) to around seven feet above low water datum.
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 →After several days of showers and thunderstorms the ground cover in Ashland County was near saturation. A particularly brief but intense thunderstorm moved into the county between 8 and 9 PM with rainfall rates over 4 inches per hour.
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