1,899 first-hand accounts of flood events in Ohio, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Training showers created isolated flooding in portions of the region early Monday morning (April 1st). Convection originated in the Midwest along a stationary boundary.
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.
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.
Read the full account →A low pressure system moved through the Mid Atlantic region, trailing a cold front south through the Ohio Valley. This cold front stalled out across central Ohio, prompting showers and thunderstorms to develop along its boundary.
Read the full account →A low pressure system moved through the Mid Atlantic region, trailing a cold front south through the Ohio Valley. This cold front stalled out across central Ohio, prompting showers and thunderstorms to develop along its boundary.
Read the full account →A low pressure system moved through the Mid Atlantic region, trailing a cold front south through the Ohio Valley. This cold front stalled out across central Ohio, prompting showers and thunderstorms to develop along its boundary.
Read the full account →A weak cold front brought showers and thunderstorms into the area on the afternoon and evening of May 5th. Previous rainfall had already made a few locations more susceptible to flooding, then storms on the 5th deposited another one and a half to two inches of rain across…
Read the full account →An east to west front was lifting slowly back north through central Ohio into western Pennsylvania by evening. Several mid level disturbances moved east to help form afternoon and evening convection.
Read the full account →An east to west front was lifting slowly back north through central Ohio into western Pennsylvania by evening. Several mid level disturbances moved east to help form afternoon and evening convection.
Read the full account →A stalled frontal boundary was the focus for showers and thunderstorms to develop and train across portions of eastern Ohio, the northern West Virginia panhandle, and western Pennsylvania producing flash flooding and flooding.
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 →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 →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 →Afternoon showers and thunderstorms quickly got underway across southeast Ohio on June 16th as abnormally warm temperatures were in place. A few storms grew to become strong to severe, resulting in damaging winds that knocked down trees in the towns of Reinersville and Lower…
Read the full account →Afternoon showers and thunderstorms quickly got underway across southeast Ohio on June 16th as abnormally warm temperatures were in place. A few storms grew to become strong to severe, resulting in damaging winds that knocked down trees in the towns of Reinersville and Lower…
Read the full account →Very warm and more humid air became established across the region by midday on the 26th. Low pressure was located well north of the area in Ontario, and another trough of low pressure was swinging southeast from Michigan.
Read the full account →Very warm and more humid air became established across the region by midday on the 26th. Low pressure was located well north of the area in Ontario, and another trough of low pressure was swinging southeast from Michigan.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms moved across northeastern Ohio and dumped one to two inches of rain on already saturated ground. Widespread urban and lowland flooding continued across the area. Many streams and small creeks remained in flood and dozens of roads had to be closed.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms moved across northeastern Ohio and dumped one to two inches of rain on already saturated ground. Widespread urban and lowland flooding continued across the area. Many streams and small creeks remained in flood and dozens of roads had to be closed.
Read the full account →A weak shortwave combined with bulk shear and instability to produce thunderstorms during the early morning. One of these storms briefly became severe. The persistence of these storms along a convergence boundary also produced flash flooding in the area.
Read the full account →A low pressure system tracking into the Great Lakes region swung a cold front into the Ohio Valley on February 22nd. Rain showers increased that evening as the surface front scooted closer towards southeast Ohio.
Read the full account →A low pressure system tracking into the Great Lakes region swung a cold front into the Ohio Valley on February 22nd. Rain showers increased that evening as the surface front scooted closer towards southeast 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 →Showers and thunderstorms dumped 4 to 9 inches of rain across southeast Ohio from the predawn hours of Saturday, the 1st, through the morning hours of Monday, the 3rd. The heaviest rain rates were on Saturday and Saturday night, with a lull in the rain during Sunday, the 2nd.
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