Flash Flood in Knox County, Ohio

Heavy thunderstorm rains fell on the northeastern corner of Knox County during the afternoon and early evening hours of July 10th. A spotter near the intersection of State Route 3 and College Hill Road (just south of the Ashland County line) measured a storm total of 7.5 inches. Up to 7 inches of rain was reported in the Danville area with 5.5 inches of this total falling between 3 and 5 p.m. Both the Mohican River and Jelloway Creek quickly went into flood and caused considerable damage. Runoff from the heavy rains caused the Mohican River to rise more than a foot per hour through the evening hours. Campgrounds along Wally Road were especially hard hit by flooding from the Mohican River. Dozens of mobile homes and campers were damaged or destroyed. Hundreds of campers from several campgrounds had to be evacuated from the rapidly rising waters. Several landslides along Wally Road hampered the evacuations which continued through the evening hours. Homes near Greer were also affected by flooding from the Mohican River, and State Route 514 had to closed southwest of the town. A lot of flooding also occurred in and near Jelloway after Jelloway Creek went into flood. Four families had to be evacuated from homes along State Route 205 south of Jelloway. Other evacuations occurred along Howard-Danville Road southwest of Danville. Shadley Valley Creek also went into flood prompting several evacuations along Shadley Valley Road. Bridges were washed out on College Hill Road and Pealer Mill Road. At least five roads were washed out in the northeastern corner of the county. Over two dozen roads had to be closed because of flooding. Dozens of homes in the county sustained damage from basement or nuisance flooding.