Flood in Washington County, Ohio

The Little Muskingum at Bloomfield rose above a bankfull level of 16 feet the night of May 27th. After cresting around 16.1 feet, the river quickly receded back below bankfull the same night. Impacts include flooding of Route 26 near the intersection with Route 260, as well as flooding of fields between Route 26 and the river.

A mainly stationary front sprawled across southeast Ohio and West Virginia on the 26th and 27th of May, then a cold front arrived and sank down through the middle Ohio Valley and central Appalachians. This second front exited to the south by mid-day on the 28th. Precipitation spread north across the area on the 26th, then additional rounds of rain and storms continued to traverse the area through the 27th.

With soils already saturated from previous rainfall, the additional one to three inches of rain that fell over southeast Ohio prompted more flooded roads in Gallia and minor flooding on portions of Duck Creek, the Muskingum River and Little Muskingum River.