1,899 first-hand accounts of flood events in Ohio, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A strong area of low pressure over the plains states on March 1st moved northeast and over the Northern Great Lakes through March 2nd and 3rd. This low pressure brought rainfall to the region along with warmer temperatures.
Read the full account →A strong low pressure system moved across the Upper Ohio Valley bringing heavy rain as well as a line of severe thunderstorms. Flooding of streams and creeks was widespread across eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
Read the full account →A strong low pressure system moved across the Upper Ohio Valley bringing heavy rain as well as a line of severe thunderstorms. Flooding of streams and creeks was widespread across eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
Read the full account →A strong low pressure system moved across the Upper Ohio Valley bringing heavy rain as well as a line of severe thunderstorms. Flooding of streams and creeks was widespread across eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
Read the full account →A strong low pressure system moved across the Upper Ohio Valley bringing heavy rain as well as a line of severe thunderstorms. Flooding of streams and creeks was widespread across eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
Read the full account →The Blanchard river at Findlay exceeded its flood stage of 11.0 feet and crested at 13.7 feet at 0535 EST on 05/26/97. Flooding occurred on County Highway 140 and East Main Cross Street. Riverside Park experienced flooding as did the sewage plant.
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 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 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 →Severe thunderstorms developed on May 21st as an upper level low moved across the area and encountered an unstable air mass. Surface winds were from the southeast which helped to add to low level shear and tornado development.
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 →Thunderstorms producing locally heavy rains moved across Mahoning and Trumbull Counties and caused some urban and lowland flooding. Rainfall rates of one to two inches per hour were reported with the stronger storms. Several roads were temporarily closed because of flooding.
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 →Rains of 1.5 to over 3 inches fell along a frontal boundary in 12 to 18 hours. The heaviest rains in southeast Ohio were over Perry, Vinton, and Jackson Counties. McArthur reported 3.25 inches of rain.
Read the full account →Rains of 1.5 to over 3 inches fell along a frontal boundary in 12 to 18 hours. The heaviest rains in southeast Ohio were over Perry, Vinton, and Jackson Counties. McArthur reported 3.25 inches of rain.
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 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 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 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 →Well ahead of a cold front, showers and thunderstorms formed in Ohio during the heat of the afternoon and moved east. Short lines of showers and thunderstorms formed parallel to the flow causing some repetitive showers over portions of Morgan County between 1730 and 1900E on…
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 →To begin the month of August, a passing disturbance sent through a cold front on the afternoon of the 1st. Warm temperatures permeated overhead that day and helped to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms across southeast Ohio.
Read the full account →Training showers created isolated flooding in portions of the region early Monday morning (April 1st). Convection originated in the Midwest along a stationary boundary.
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