1,899 first-hand accounts of flood events in Ohio, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A stalled frontal boundary was the focus for showers and thunderstorms to develop and train across portions of eastern Ohio, the northern West Virginia panhandle, and western Pennsylvania producing flash flooding and flooding.
Read the full account →Very warm and more humid air became established across the region by midday on the 26th. Low pressure was located well north of the area in Ontario, and another trough of low pressure was swinging southeast from Michigan.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure moved up from the Mississippi River Valley into Ohio. The storm system had adequate moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, which increased rainfall rates to over an inch and a half per hour.
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.
Read the full account →Several more rounds of showers and thunderstorms moved through southeast Ohio from Friday the 22nd into Sunday the 24th. This time the heaviest rains were a bit further south. The counties of Gallia and Lawrence were hit the hardest.
Read the full account →A cut off upper level low over northern Indiana brought multiple days of rain to northern Ohio. Occassionally the system would tap into some warm and moist gulf air which increase the rainfall rates to over an inch per hour.
Read the full account →Big Wheeling Creek went out of its banks and flooded some roads. County Road 20 in Wolfhurst was impassable. An evacuation of a mobile home park near St. Clairsville was ordered. Jug Run went out of its banks, closing a section of Route 9 northwest of St. Clairsville.
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 →Rains of 2 to 4 inches fell in about an 18 hour period. A strong frontal zone was in the vicinity, as low pressure moved up the Ohio Valley. Southerly winds pulled low level moisture north from Tennessee and Kentucky .
Read the full account →A prefrontal band of fast moving showers and thunderstorms trained over extreme southeast Ohio from 0630E through 1300E. The maximum observed rainfall was on the order of an inch in 3 hours, with 1.25 to 1.75 inches in 6 hours.
Read the full account →A prefrontal band of fast moving showers and thunderstorms trained over extreme southeast Ohio from 0630E through 1300E. The maximum observed rainfall was on the order of an inch in 3 hours, with 1.25 to 1.75 inches in 6 hours.
Read the full account →The combination of significant prior snow cover, warm temperatures, and rainfall produced widespread tributary flooding in the Ohio river basin. Some ice jam flooding also occurred in the northern Scioto basin.
Read the full account →Rains of 2 to 4 inches fell in about an 18 hour period. A strong frontal zone was in the vicinity, as low pressure moved up the Ohio Valley. Southerly winds pulled low level moisture north from Tennessee and Kentucky .
Read the full account →On the 10th, several rounds of showers and thunderstorms crossed southeast Ohio. Flooding, gusty winds, hail, and even some funnel clouds occurred. The heaviest rains were across southern Jackson County on east, into Gallia County.
Read the full account →South of a frontal zone, repetitive showers and thunderstorms moved west to east across Perry and Morgan Counties during the afternoon and evening hours of the 18th. The heaviest rains favored southern portions of Perry County and western sections of Morgan County.
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 →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 →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 →A line of showers and thunderstorms dumped one to nearly three inches of rain on portions of Summit, Stark, Portage and Mahoning Counties. A spotter in Munroe Falls (Summit County) measured a total of 2.76 inches of rain between 3:30 and 6:30 a.m.
Read the full account →A line of showers and thunderstorms dumped one to nearly three inches of rain on portions of Summit, Stark, Portage and Mahoning Counties. A spotter in Munroe Falls (Summit County) measured a total of 2.76 inches of rain between 3:30 and 6:30 a.m.
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 →A quasi-stationary front over northern Ohio between the 10th and 13th brought one to three inches of rain to the region. The heaviest rain fell along and just south of the Ohio River Valley/Lake Erie watershed boundary with two to three inches of rain.
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