1,899 first-hand accounts of flood events in Ohio, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
An area of low pressure over the Gulf States deepened as it moved north into the Ohio Valley. Rain started on Sunday the 27th and lasted until Tuesday the 29th, with rainfall amounts near 3 over parts of Lucas and Wood Counties.
Read the full account →Another major rain event occurred from late on the 9th into the evening hours of the 10th. Rain amounts of 1 to 2 inches were common. Including this episode, the accumulative affects of 5 significant rain events since February 21st, caused the Ohio River to flood.
Read the full account →Another major rain event occurred from late on the 9th into the evening hours of the 10th. Rain amounts of 1 to 2 inches were common. Including this episode, the accumulative affects of 5 significant rain events since February 21st, caused the Ohio River to flood.
Read the full account →A deepening low pressure system, originating from the southern plains, moved towards the western Great Lakes on Wednesday March 9th. A wintry mix of precipitation changed over to all rain as the warm front associated with this system pushed across the region on Wednesday…
Read the full account →A deepening low pressure system, originating from the southern plains, moved towards the western Great Lakes on Wednesday March 9th. A wintry mix of precipitation changed over to all rain as the warm front associated with this system pushed across the region on Wednesday…
Read the full account →A shortwave trough supported a swath of heavy rain along a PWAT gradient with values as high as 1.9 inches across far southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia.
Read the full account →A shortwave trough supported a swath of heavy rain along a PWAT gradient with values as high as 1.9 inches across far southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia.
Read the full account →A shortwave trough supported a swath of heavy rain along a PWAT gradient with values as high as 1.9 inches across far southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia.
Read the full account →A warm front lifted northward across northern OH early in the day on the 3rd, as low pressure lifted northeast from the lower OH valley. As the low and attendant cold front slowly moved through the area, showers and thunderstorms developed across the region.
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 →This was the first of three consecutive nights of thunderstorms across southeast Ohio. The trend was for the heaviest rains to sink a bit further south each night.
Read the full account →A long stretch of below normal temperatures allowed a deep snowpack and significant river ice cover to develop in northern Ohio during January and early February.
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 →Thunderstorms dumped over 2 inches of rain in a hour and resulted in some small stream and road flooding in low-lying areas in the western part of the county. Small stream and road flooding was also reported in the southeast part of the county in Wellsville and East Liverpool.
Read the full account →Moisture from the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin interacted with a stationary front to cause heavy rain producing thunderstorms over portions of northern Ohio.
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 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 →Outflow pushing east from Indiana combined with pop up thunderstorms over Ohio to produce severe thunderstorms during the afternoon. Some of these storms produced very heavy rainfall and flash flooding.
Read the full account →A warm front which was across central Ohio at peak heating on the 26th became the focus for a Mesoscale Convective System that lasted well into the early morning hours on the 27th. Severe thunderstorms moved repeatedly over the same areas causing substantial damage.
Read the full account →A warm front which was across central Ohio at peak heating on the 26th became the focus for a Mesoscale Convective System that lasted well into the early morning hours on the 27th. Severe thunderstorms moved repeatedly over the same areas causing substantial damage.
Read the full account →A broken line of thunderstorms moved across this area of the Ohio Valley just ahead of an approaching cold front. While thunderstorms were generally moving fast enough to avoid flooding issues, some locations received multiple rounds of heavy rainfall as multiple convective…
Read the full account →Ice jams formed on the Wheeling Creek downstream of Wolfhurst, where water had risen to bankfull. Another jam caused open field flooding along Piper Creek.
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