Flash Flood in Lawrence County, Ohio

High water was observed in front of the Proctorville Fire Department and near the body shop on County Road 107 in Rome. Water reached the top of the tires of one vehicle in front of the body shop.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms blossomed across the area on the 13th of August as a cold front slowly approached from the northwest. The front eventually reached the Ohio River around midnight and then proceeded southeast through West Virginia by the afternoon of the 14th. In addition to producing heavy downpours, thunderstorms began training across portions of southeast Ohio and southwest West Virginia. These heavy showers and storms generally produced two to five inches of rain in southeastern Lawrence County, though one rain gage near Proctorville registered a rainfall amount of almost seven inches. This excessive rainfall caused flooding of roads in the towns of Rome and Proctorville. Flooding came to an end as precipitation shifted south and then tapered off before daybreak on the 14th.