1,899 first-hand accounts of flood events in Ohio, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Warm frontal rains fell during the predawn hours on the 28th, as a low pressure lifted northeast, toward Michigan. Rains of 1.5 to 2.75 inches fell over saturated ground.
Read the full account →Warm frontal rains fell during the predawn hours on the 28th, as a low pressure lifted northeast, toward Michigan. Rains of 1.5 to 2.75 inches fell over saturated ground.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system tracked east over Ohio during the evening hours of the 24th and into the morning hours of the 25th. This system produced rain, some of it heavy, over most of northern Ohio.
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 →Ice jams developed on the Chagrin River near Eastlake and several other locations as warm temperatures, melting snow, and rain caused the ice to break and water to rise. Some evacuations occurred but the ice jams broke before significant flooding developed.
Read the full account →A slow moving cold front and a moist unstable airmass combined to produce scattered severe thunderstorms and flash flooding across eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.
Read the full account →Low pressure drew an unseasonably warm and moist air mass across the region. Convection organized ahead of the low and brought heavy rainfall and damaging winds to the area from the evening of the 21st into the morning of the 22nd.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary frontal boundary across the upper Ohio valley was the focus for severe thunderstorms. A few supercells developed along the front with one severe thunderstorm producing a tornado in Tuscarawas county Ohio.
Read the full account →A warm front lifting across the Ohio Valley during the morning brought into the area a very unstable airmass. Numerous thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening. The environment was favorable for large hail and damaging winds.
Read the full account →A low pressure system and its associated warm front were slowly progressing through the Ohio valley bringing numerous rounds of showers and thunderstorms.
Read the full account →A warm front remained relatively stationary across the Upper Ohio Valley on January 3rd. An anomalously moist and warm air mass surged northward into the zone of convergence associated with the boundary, and combined with elevated instability to create enhanced rainfall rates.
Read the full account →A warm front remained relatively stationary across the Upper Ohio Valley on January 3rd. An anomalously moist and warm air mass surged northward into the zone of convergence associated with the boundary, and combined with elevated instability to create enhanced rainfall rates.
Read the full account →A warm front remained relatively stationary across the Upper Ohio Valley on January 3rd. An anomalously moist and warm air mass surged northward into the zone of convergence associated with the boundary, and combined with elevated instability to create enhanced rainfall rates.
Read the full account →A complex of thunderstorms developed along a warm front moving northeast across eastern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania. Some of the thunderstorms were severe with the bulk of the wind damage and hail reports across eastern Ohio.
Read the full account →A complex of thunderstorms developed along a warm front moving northeast across eastern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania. Some of the thunderstorms were severe with the bulk of the wind damage and hail reports across eastern Ohio.
Read the full account →A snowpack of one to three inches rapidly melted as warm air arrive in the region. This snowmelt, combined with a partially frozen, very moist ground and rainfall from two to locally over 3 inches, resulted in an increase in low land and river flooding running south of a…
Read the full account →A snowpack of one to three inches rapidly melted as warm air arrive in the region. This snowmelt, combined with a partially frozen, very moist ground and rainfall from two to locally over 3 inches, resulted in an increase in low land and river flooding running south of a…
Read the full account →A snowpack of one to three inches rapidly melted as warm air arrive in the region. This snowmelt, combined with a partially frozen, very moist ground and rainfall from two to locally over 3 inches, resulted in an increase in low land and river flooding running south of a…
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 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 →By noon on 5th, small stream flooding was reported county-wide. By 950 PM on 5th, numerous county and township roads remainder flooded, until about 7 PM on 6th. By 8 AM on 6th, Cambridge reported 2.1 inches of rain.
Read the full account →As a cold front moved southeast across the upper Ohio Valley, scattered severe thunderstorms developed across eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia.
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 →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.
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