1,899 first-hand accounts of flood events in Ohio, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →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 →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 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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →Persistent heavy rainfall kept the Scioto river in flood stage for most of the month. Agricultural areas and low lying county roads close to the river were flooded.
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 second night of thunderstorms hit during Saturday night the 27th, into Sunday morning, the 28th. Portions of Athens, Washington, and Meigs Counties were hit hard by flooding from this round. The third night of thunderstorms was on Sunday the 28th into Monday the 29th.
Read the full account →At a location above the dam on the Auglaize River in Defiance County, the crawl space of a house was flooded. A park was flooded by the Maumee River in the city of Defiance. This resulted in volunteers having to evacuate six families and then opening a Red Cross shelter.
Read the full account →Several rounds of thunderstorm rains over the past few days brought streams and creeks over bank full, producing minor flooding across the two counties.In Coshocton County, the heavy rains over the past few days brought the Muskingum River at Coshocton over its flood stage of…
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 →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 →Several rounds of thunderstorm rains over the past few days brought streams and creeks over bank full, producing minor flooding across the two counties.In Coshocton County, the heavy rains over the past few days brought the Muskingum River at Coshocton over its flood stage of…
Read the full account →A strong frontal boundary pushed across southeast Ohio late on the 3rd. By dawn on the 4th, the frontal zone stalled just to the south. Late on the 4th and into the 5th, a low pressure wave lifted northeast, along this boundary, and through the Ohio River Valley.Rains of 1.5…
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