Flash Flood in Union County, Ohio

Flash Flood June 1, 1997 · Union County, Ohio

$3.0M

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Thunderstorms moved repeatedly over the same areas causing most creeks and streams to overflow their banks and flood county roads. Several residents were evacuated as up to 7.5 inches of rain fell in less than 24 hours.

The wider storm

A cut-off low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere remained across the Ohio valley from late on May 31st through June 2nd. Heavy showers fell across Southern and Central Ohio from the 31st through the morning hours of the 1st. In the afternoon of both the 1st and 2nd, additional heavy rainfall occurred with afternoon thunderstorm development mainly over Central and South-Central parts of the state. A few areas around Columbus received nearly 10 inches of rain over the 3 day period.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5607427. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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