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Ohio Flood Stories

1,899 first-hand accounts of flood events in Ohio, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flood

Perry, OH · Mar 19, 2008

Rain spread into southeast Ohio near dawn on Tuesday, the 18th. A strong east to west warm front had set up across northern Kentucky. By late afternoon, rain amounts of 0.5 to 1.35 had already fallen, with the heaviest being over northern Jackson, Vinton, and Athens Counties.

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Flood

Meigs, OH · Mar 19, 2008

Rain spread into southeast Ohio near dawn on Tuesday, the 18th. A strong east to west warm front had set up across northern Kentucky. By late afternoon, rain amounts of 0.5 to 1.35 had already fallen, with the heaviest being over northern Jackson, Vinton, and Athens Counties.

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Flood

Washington, OH · Mar 19, 2008

Rain spread into southeast Ohio near dawn on Tuesday, the 18th. A strong east to west warm front had set up across northern Kentucky. By late afternoon, rain amounts of 0.5 to 1.35 had already fallen, with the heaviest being over northern Jackson, Vinton, and Athens Counties.

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Flood

Morgan, OH · Mar 19, 2008

Rain spread into southeast Ohio near dawn on Tuesday, the 18th. A strong east to west warm front had set up across northern Kentucky. By late afternoon, rain amounts of 0.5 to 1.35 had already fallen, with the heaviest being over northern Jackson, Vinton, and Athens Counties.

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Flood

Jackson, OH · Jun 4, 2008

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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Flood

Gallia, OH · Jun 4, 2008

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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Flood$25K damage

Belmont, OH · Jan 11, 2005

After another 1.5 inches of rain, by 11 PM on 11th, Glencoe was flooded by Cumberland Run; Bellaire was flooded by Pinch Run; CR 48 was flooded by Wegee Creek west of Shadyside.

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Flash Flood

Fairfield, OH · Jun 2, 1997

A cut-off low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere remained across the Ohio valley from late on May 31st through June 2nd. Heavy showers fell across Southern and Central Ohio from the 31st through the morning hours of the 1st.

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Flash Flood

Highland, OH · Jun 1, 1997

A cut-off low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere remained across the Ohio valley from late on May 31st through June 2nd. Heavy showers fell across Southern and Central Ohio from the 31st through the morning hours of the 1st.

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Flash Flood

Mercer, OH · Jun 1, 1997

A cut-off low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere remained across the Ohio valley from late on May 31st through June 2nd. Heavy showers fell across Southern and Central Ohio from the 31st through the morning hours of the 1st.

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Flash Flood

Auglaize, OH · Jun 1, 1997

A cut-off low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere remained across the Ohio valley from late on May 31st through June 2nd. Heavy showers fell across Southern and Central Ohio from the 31st through the morning hours of the 1st.

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Flash Flood

Logan, OH · Jun 1, 1997

A cut-off low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere remained across the Ohio valley from late on May 31st through June 2nd. Heavy showers fell across Southern and Central Ohio from the 31st through the morning hours of the 1st.

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Flash Flood

Pike, OH · Jun 2, 1997

A cut-off low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere remained across the Ohio valley from late on May 31st through June 2nd. Heavy showers fell across Southern and Central Ohio from the 31st through the morning hours of the 1st.

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Flash Flood

Adams, OH · Jun 1, 1997

A cut-off low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere remained across the Ohio valley from late on May 31st through June 2nd. Heavy showers fell across Southern and Central Ohio from the 31st through the morning hours of the 1st.

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Flash Flood

Brown, OH · Jun 1, 1997

A cut-off low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere remained across the Ohio valley from late on May 31st through June 2nd. Heavy showers fell across Southern and Central Ohio from the 31st through the morning hours of the 1st.

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Flash Flood

Licking, OH · Jun 2, 1997

A cut-off low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere remained across the Ohio valley from late on May 31st through June 2nd. Heavy showers fell across Southern and Central Ohio from the 31st through the morning hours of the 1st.

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Flash Flood

Putnam, OH · Jun 1, 1997

A cut-off low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere remained across the Ohio valley from late on May 31st through June 2nd. Heavy showers fell across Southern and Central Ohio from the 31st through the morning hours of the 1st.

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Flash Flood

Clark, OH · Jun 2, 1997

A cut-off low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere remained across the Ohio valley from late on May 31st through June 2nd. Heavy showers fell across Southern and Central Ohio from the 31st through the morning hours of the 1st.

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Flood$50K damage

Lorain, OH · Aug 21, 2007

Moisture from the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin interacted with a stationary front to cause heavy rain producing thunderstorms over portions of northern Ohio.

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Flood$50K damage

Holmes, OH · Aug 21, 2007

Moisture from the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin interacted with a stationary front to cause heavy rain producing thunderstorms over portions of northern Ohio.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Butler, OH · Jun 14, 2003

A cluster of strong thunderstorms developed in southwest Ohio during the evening. The storms remained nearly stationary between Cincinnati and Hamilton for a few hours, producing as much as four to five inches of rain.

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Flash Flood

Belmont, OH · Jun 15, 2025

Stationary boundary and near climatological max precpitable water led to another round of showers and thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall on the 15th.

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Flash Flood

Jefferson, OH · Sep 1, 2021

The remnant low pressure center of Hurricane Ida passed across West Virginia and the Central Appalachian Mountains from late August 31st through September 1st.

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Flash Flood

Belmont, OH · Sep 1, 2021

The remnant low pressure center of Hurricane Ida passed across West Virginia and the Central Appalachian Mountains from late August 31st through September 1st.

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