1,899 first-hand accounts of flood events in Ohio, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A frontal boundary ran from central Indiana, on southeast, to near the Ironton vicinity of extreme southern Ohio. Clusters of showers and thunderstorms rode southeast along this boundary.
Read the full account →By 830 AM on 5th, CR 28, Twp Rd 8, and others flooded. Old Rte 7 near Clarington flooded. By 945 pm on 5th, SR 26 was still flooded near Rinard Mills. Rte 7 was closed the entire length of Monroe County. Then the Ohio River went above flood stage.
Read the full account →Increasing moisture and lift ahead of a relatively strong low pressure system resulted in flash flooding across portions of southeast Ohio. Flash Flooding occurred as the cold front approached and crossed with an axis of heavy rain just ahead of the front.
Read the full account →A line of thunderstorms developed near a cold front and became oriented west to east across southern Meigs and northern Gallia Counties during the evening. Repetitive downpours in the muggy air dumped 2 to 4 inches of rain in a few hours.
Read the full account →A stationary boundary stretched from west to east through northern Ohio during the morning hours of the 20th, and remained nearly stationary for the next several days.
Read the full account →A stationary boundary stretched from west to east through northern Ohio during the morning hours of the 20th, and remained nearly stationary for the next several days.
Read the full account →Rain began Monday evening the 11th, around the north side of a strong mid level disturbance. The rain increased during the predawn hours on the 12th. Rain amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches were measured by dawn on the 12th.
Read the full account →Several rounds of showers occurred on the 29th. Rain amounts of 2 to 4 inches fell in less than 24 hours in Washington County. For example, 3.59 inches of rain was measured in Beverly.
Read the full account →Scattered severe thunderstorms developed across eastern Ohio and the northern panhandle of West Virginia during the afternoon along a warm front moving north ahead of low pressure.
Read the full account →After receiving about a half inch of rain on the morning of the 24th, more showers and thunderstorms reached southeast Ohio during the predawn hours on the 25th.
Read the full account →In a hot and humid air mass, long lived strong to severe thunderstorms traveled southeast through southeast Ohio during the afternoon. A second cluster of strong thunderstorms reformed over northeast Indiana and northern Ohio by evening.
Read the full account →After receiving about a half inch of rain on the morning of the 24th, more showers and thunderstorms reached southeast Ohio during the predawn hours on the 25th.
Read the full account →On Tuesday the 19th, a strong east to west front stretched from north central West Virginia on across extreme southern Ohio near the Ohio River.||Rounds of showers and thunderstorms moved into southeast Ohio around 0200E and continued into the late afternoon.
Read the full account →On Tuesday the 19th, a strong east to west front stretched from north central West Virginia on across extreme southern Ohio near the Ohio River.||Rounds of showers and thunderstorms moved into southeast Ohio around 0200E and continued into the late afternoon.
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 →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 →Widespread rainfall totals between 2 and 3 inches over a 48 hour period led to flooding across the Belmont County. A bridge, about 2 miles south of St. Clairsville, was under water from the Little McMahon Creek.
Read the full account →Widespread heavy rainfall across the region dumped 2 to 4 inches causing many small streams and creeks to go out of their banks throughout a large part of east central Ohio. Several basements were also flooded.In Guernsey County, flooding of low-lying areas was common.
Read the full account →The final period of heavy rain deposited a half inch to an inch, in less than 3 hours, over saturated ground. In Meigs County, 80 percent of the roads in Rutland Township were affected by high water.
Read the full account →The final period of heavy rain deposited a half inch to an inch, in less than 3 hours, over saturated ground. In Meigs County, 80 percent of the roads in Rutland Township were affected by high water.
Read the full account →Widespread heavy rainfall across the region dumped 2 to 4 inches causing many small streams and creeks to go out of their banks throughout a large part of east central Ohio. Several basements were also flooded.In Guernsey County, flooding of low-lying areas was common.
Read the full account →Widespread heavy rainfall across the region dumped 2 to 4 inches causing many small streams and creeks to go out of their banks throughout a large part of east central Ohio. Several basements were also flooded.In Guernsey County, flooding of low-lying areas was common.
Read the full account →Increasing moisture quickly moved up the Ohio River Valley on the morning of the 3rd into a developing east to west frontal zone. The first of several thunderstorm complexes moved from west to east into extreme southern Ohio during the early afternoon on Tuesday, the 3rd.
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