1,899 first-hand accounts of flood events in Ohio, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A strong surface low pressure center was located over the middle Mississippi Valley during the morning of January 9th, and tracked across Ohio and the eastern Great Lakes through the 10th. Wind gusts of up to 55 MPH were recorded in Eastern Ohio.
Read the full account →A strong surface low pressure center was located over the middle Mississippi Valley during the morning of January 9th, and tracked across Ohio and the eastern Great Lakes through the 10th. Wind gusts of up to 55 MPH were recorded in Eastern Ohio.
Read the full account →A strong surface low pressure center was located over the middle Mississippi Valley during the morning of January 9th, and tracked across Ohio and the eastern Great Lakes through the 10th. Wind gusts of up to 55 MPH were recorded in Eastern Ohio.
Read the full account →A strong surface low pressure center was located over the middle Mississippi Valley during the morning of January 9th, and tracked across Ohio and the eastern Great Lakes through the 10th. Wind gusts of up to 55 MPH were recorded in Eastern Ohio.
Read the full account →A strong surface low pressure center was located over the middle Mississippi Valley during the morning of January 9th, and tracked across Ohio and the eastern Great Lakes through the 10th. Wind gusts of up to 55 MPH were recorded in Eastern Ohio.
Read the full account →A strong surface low pressure center was located over the middle Mississippi Valley during the morning of January 9th, and tracked across Ohio and the eastern Great Lakes through the 10th. Wind gusts of up to 55 MPH were recorded in Eastern Ohio.
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 →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 →Non-severe early morning convection over the Ohio River produced a deep outflow boundary across northern Kentucky, southeast Indiana, and southern Ohio. This boundary triggered the development of severe thunderstorms during the late morning through the afternoon in that area.
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 →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 →Streams such as Johns Creek, Swan Creek, and Sugar Creeksaw significant flooding in the Mercerville to Crown Cityregion of the county. Seven residences were destroyed andanother 16 homes and 4 businesses had major damage.
Read the full account →Passage of an upper trough and weak shear and wind flow supported the development of thunderstorms with heavy rain on Wednesday, May 11th. Thunderstorms passed over locations in Ohio and West Virginia that were trained over the day before, causing additional flooding and a small…
Read the full account →At 345 PM EDT on 17th, Rtes 22 and 250 were closed by flooding near Cadiz. By 9 AM on 18th, Scio was still under water. Rte 151 between Scio and Bowerstown closed by flood. 137 structures damaged or destroyed. State Routes 519, 646, and 799 also closed by flood.
Read the full account →Heavy rain from remnants of Hurricane Fran caused widespread flooding of streets, basements, low lying areas and streams. Several roads were closed from flooding. Seven inches of rain was reported in Amherst with four to five inches reported in most other locations.
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 →By the 23rd many tributaries to the Ohio river had already crested and were receding back within their banks. However, a significant rain event occurred on the 23rd bringing over 2 inches of rain to South Central areas with lesser amounts to the north.
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 →By the 23rd many tributaries to the Ohio river had already crested and were receding back within their banks. However, a significant rain event occurred on the 23rd bringing over 2 inches of rain to South Central areas with lesser amounts to the north.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system tracked east across Ohio during the evening hours of the 24th and early morning hours of the 25th. This system produced rain, some of it heavy, over most of northern Ohio.
Read the full account →Rain began during the morning of the 26th and diminished on the 27th. A rainfall maximum of around 1.5 inches fell over the Little Muskingum River basin.
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