Flood — Washington, Ohio

2025-02-16 to 2025-02-17 · near Bloomfield, Washington, Ohio

Event narrative

The Little Muskingum at Bloomfield exceeded a bankfull level of 16 feet on the morning of February 16th. After cresting around 21.4 feet during the evening, the river returned to its banks the next morning. Before doing so, however, flooding was observed at Route 26 near the intersection with Route 260 and in fields near the gage.

Wider weather episode

Light precipitation started to arrive the evening of the 14th, then more substantial rain spread across the area overnight into the 15th as a warm front approached from the south. While precipitation coverage eroded from southeast Ohio and northwest West Virginia during the afternoon, moderate to heavy rain continued to trail across northeast Kentucky, southern West Virginia, and southwest Virginia. This precipitation band lifted north with a front during the night, then a passing low pushed additional showers through with a cold front on the 16th. Rain turned to snow as cold air moved in behind the front, then light snow showers lingered into the 17th.

Rainfall amounts in southeast Ohio ranged from one and a half to two and three quarter inches. Widespread flooding led to many road closures across southeast Ohio.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1235261. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.