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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.

Flash Flood

Lorain, OH · Jul 12, 2021

A stationary boundary was situated from west to east across northern OH on July 12th, 2021, and would lift north to Lake Erie by late afternoon.

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Huron, OH · Jul 16, 2021

A cold front moved southeastward from Lower Michigan to Lake Erie during the evening and overnight of the 15th and then stalled in vicinity of the southern lakeshore by daybreak.

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Richland, OH · Jul 16, 2021

A cold front moved southeastward from Lower Michigan to Lake Erie during the evening and overnight of the 15th and then stalled in vicinity of the southern lakeshore by daybreak.

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Hancock, OH · May 10, 2021

A surface area of low pressure tracked from the high plains crossing northern Ohio on Sunday May 9th. Widespread light to moderate rain developed Sunday morning and was ongoing through much of the day.

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Hancock, OH · May 9, 2021

A surface area of low pressure tracked from the high plains crossing northern Ohio on Sunday May 9th. Widespread light to moderate rain developed Sunday morning and was ongoing through much of the day.

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Wyandot, OH · May 10, 2021

A surface area of low pressure tracked from the high plains crossing northern Ohio on Sunday May 9th. Widespread light to moderate rain developed Sunday morning and was ongoing through much of the day.

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Morrow, OH · May 9, 2021

A surface area of low pressure tracked from the high plains crossing northern Ohio on Sunday May 9th. Widespread light to moderate rain developed Sunday morning and was ongoing through much of the day.

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Morrow, OH · May 9, 2021

A surface area of low pressure tracked from the high plains crossing northern Ohio on Sunday May 9th. Widespread light to moderate rain developed Sunday morning and was ongoing through much of the day.

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Wood, OH · May 10, 2021

A surface area of low pressure tracked from the high plains crossing northern Ohio on Sunday May 9th. Widespread light to moderate rain developed Sunday morning and was ongoing through much of the day.

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Seneca, OH · May 11, 2021

A surface area of low pressure tracked from the high plains crossing northern Ohio on Sunday May 9th. Widespread light to moderate rain developed Sunday morning and was ongoing through much of the day.

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Stark, OH · May 9, 2021

A surface area of low pressure tracked from the high plains crossing northern Ohio on Sunday May 9th. Widespread light to moderate rain developed Sunday morning and was ongoing through much of the day.

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Marion, OH · May 10, 2021

A surface area of low pressure tracked from the high plains crossing northern Ohio on Sunday May 9th. Widespread light to moderate rain developed Sunday morning and was ongoing through much of the day.

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Erie, OH · May 9, 2021

A surface area of low pressure tracked from the high plains crossing northern Ohio on Sunday May 9th. Widespread light to moderate rain developed Sunday morning and was ongoing through much of the day.

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Marion, OH · May 9, 2021

A surface area of low pressure tracked from the high plains crossing northern Ohio on Sunday May 9th. Widespread light to moderate rain developed Sunday morning and was ongoing through much of the day.

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Lorain, OH · May 9, 2021

A surface area of low pressure tracked from the high plains crossing northern Ohio on Sunday May 9th. Widespread light to moderate rain developed Sunday morning and was ongoing through much of the day.

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Lorain, OH · May 9, 2021

A surface area of low pressure tracked from the high plains crossing northern Ohio on Sunday May 9th. Widespread light to moderate rain developed Sunday morning and was ongoing through much of the day.

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Holmes, OH · May 9, 2021

A surface area of low pressure tracked from the high plains crossing northern Ohio on Sunday May 9th. Widespread light to moderate rain developed Sunday morning and was ongoing through much of the day.

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Wayne, OH · May 9, 2021

A surface area of low pressure tracked from the high plains crossing northern Ohio on Sunday May 9th. Widespread light to moderate rain developed Sunday morning and was ongoing through much of the day.

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Trumbull, OH · Jul 16, 2021

A cold front moved southeastward from Lower Michigan to Lake Erie during the evening and overnight of the 15th and then stalled in vicinity of the southern lakeshore by daybreak.

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Cuyahoga, OH · Jul 12, 2021

A stationary boundary was situated from west to east across northern OH on July 12th, 2021, and would lift north to Lake Erie by late afternoon.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Belmont, OH · Jun 5, 2010

A nearly stationary frontal boundary across the upper Ohio valley was the focus for severe thunderstorms. A few supercells developed along the front with one severe thunderstorm producing a tornado in Tuscarawas county Ohio.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Athens, OH · Jan 7, 1998

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.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Perry, OH · Jan 7, 1998

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.

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Flash Flood

Lake, OH · May 12, 2011

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.

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