1,899 first-hand accounts of flood events in Ohio, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A slow moving frontal boundary perusing the area on March 24th led to prolonged periods of heavy rain across southeast Ohio. Repetitive showers promoted high water concerns in Vinton and Athens County during the late morning hours of the 24th with road closures continuing into…
Read the full account →A slow moving frontal boundary perusing the area on March 24th led to prolonged periods of heavy rain across southeast Ohio. Repetitive showers promoted high water concerns in Vinton and Athens County during the late morning hours of the 24th with road closures continuing into…
Read the full account →A slow moving frontal boundary perusing the area on March 24th led to prolonged periods of heavy rain across southeast Ohio. Repetitive showers promoted high water concerns in Vinton and Athens County during the late morning hours of the 24th with road closures continuing into…
Read the full account →An anomalously-warm and moist air mass was in place across much of the Central Plains and Midwest, resulting in strong to perhaps extreme instability in addition to tropical-like precipitable water values exceeding 2.0 inches.
Read the full account →An anomalously-warm and moist air mass was in place across much of the Central Plains and Midwest, resulting in strong to perhaps extreme instability in addition to tropical-like precipitable water values exceeding 2.0 inches.
Read the full account →An anomalously-warm and moist air mass was in place across much of the Central Plains and Midwest, resulting in strong to perhaps extreme instability in addition to tropical-like precipitable water values exceeding 2.0 inches.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall on December 27th entered into southeast Ohio along a cold front and persisted through much of the day. As a result, over an inch and a half of rain fell and caused the Duck Creek along the Muskingum River to rise out of its banks.
Read the full account →Two to three inches of rain in less than 30 minutes caused flooding of streets and basements in Louisville. Route 153 west of the Conrail train track and Route 44 near Conrail were closed due to high water. Entry into town was virtually impossible until 1:30 PM.
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 →A storm system moved into the Ohio Valley from the plains over the weekend of the 22nd, bringing heavy rain and severe storms to central and northern Ohio.
Read the full account →Mudslides and flooding was reported in and around Bridgeport after thunderstorms dumped very heavy rain in a brief period of time. A clogged and flooded culvert in Bridgeport led to basement flooding in a few homes.
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 →A line of thunderstorms formed over eastern Indiana during the mid afternoon. With afternoon heating, the thunderstorms intensified as they moved east across Ohio. The leading edge of the storms moved into southeast Ohio near sunset.
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 →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 →Rain, snow melt, and ice jams flooded some streams and some roads. At 725 AM, in Harrison Co, Route 51 was closed between Bowerston and Scio. At 740 AM, Coshocton Co reported widespread flooding; Guernsey had some roads flooded; Muskingum said Wills Creek had flooded and closed…
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 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 →A slow moving cold front helped to enhance thunderstorm activity south of the cold front. Some of these storms became severe with damaging winds being the primary threat.
Read the full account →This was the first of three consecutive nights of thunderstorms across southeast Ohio. The trend was for the heaviest rains to sink a bit further south each night.
Read the full account →A few thunderstorms formed in eastern Ohio along the dew point gradient from a stalling cold front. One thunderstorm briefly pulsed to a strong level.||A large shower and thunderstorm complex passed across Kentucky and West Virginia overnight and into the morning of the 18th.
Read the full account →Snowmelt and rainfall over several days saturated the soil and caused flooding of streets, streams, drainage ditches, fields and low lying areas.
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