Mahoning storm history

High winds associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ike began during the early evening hours of September 14th and continued through late evening. Peak wind gusts were estimated to be around 60 mph with the strongest winds occurring between 6 and 8 pm. Damage in the county was e…

A 66 year old male was struck and killed by lightning outside of his house. His home was on New Buffalo Road approximately two miles northwest of North Lima.

Six high school football players were hurt and two hospitalised when an equipment shed collapsed in southern Mahoning County just to the north of Salem. The football players had entered the shed to seek protection from thunderstorm winds estimated at 65 mph. Many trees, a couple …

Widespread flash flooding across the Boardman area. Local dispatch, local media, and the local stormwater district reported over 250 residences that experienced basement flooding, with a few reports of water filling entire basements. Widespread street flooding with reports of doz…

From 4:30 p.m. until around 8 p.m., a line of heavy rain stalled along Route 224 from Poland all the way to Canfield in Mahoning County. The hardest hit areas were Boardman, Poland, and Canfield. As four or five inches of rain fell in just a few hours, water was waist-deep in man…

Two rounds of thunderstorms moved into the Boardman areas of Mahoning County, one around 430 PM and the second around 530 PM. The intensity of the first storm caused immediate runoff in the area. This resulted in nuisance flooding of low lying and poor drainage areas. However the…

Heavy rainfall of 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rain fell across mainly central Mahoning County during the morning of June 23rd. Lowellville received significant damage to McGill Street between Walnut and Wood Streets with the road considered to be a total loss. The drainage system could …

Snow began during the morning hours of the 7th and continued through the day. Snow was light to moderate during the afternoon with visibilities around a half mile. The snow tapered off a bit to flurries during the evening hours. By late evening, snow mixed with sleet and freezing…

Heavy rains associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Frances caused flooding over portions of Mahoning County. Most of the flooding occurred in the eastern half of the county where rainfall totals were the greatest. The rain began early on the 8th and increased in intensity…

Thunderstorms dumped heavy rains on Mahoning County during the early morning hours of May 22nd causing widespread flooding. This was the third round of thunderstorms to affect the county in less than 24 hours. One to three inches of rain fell during the early morning storms. This…

Thunderstorms dumped up to three inches of rain on Mahoning County. Rainfall rates of nearly two inches per hour were reported. With the ground still saturated from flooding the previous week, small streams and creeks in the county quickly rose and flooded many areas. The north a…

For the second day in a row, heavy thunderstorm rains fell on Mahoning County. Two to locally four inches of rain fell on the county during the day. Rainfall rates approached two inches per hour during the evening hours. With the soil already saturated, this rain led to widesprea…

Heavy thunderstorm rains on July 21st caused the Mahoning River to go into flood at Youngstown. The river went above the flood stage of 10.0 feet at 11 p.m. on the 21st. The river crested at 17.49 feet at 7 a.m. on the 23rd and fell back below flood state at 10 p.m. on the 25th. …

An anemometer in Canfield measured a peak straight-line convective wind gust of 61-mph from a thunderstorm.

Hail up to half dollar-size in Canfield.

A trained spotter reported a 65 MPH wind gust on a home weather station in Poland at 855 PM. Some downed trees and power-lines were reported across the area.

Hail up to penny-size in Campbell.

Numerous trees downed in Brownlee Woods neighborhood of Struthers.

Trees downed between Struthers and Lowellville.

Tree branches and power poles snapped in Austintown.

Trees downed along and near the Mahoning River in the Salt Springs section of the Youngstown area.

Numerous trees downed in Greenford and Green Township.

Large tree limb downed in Canfield.

Trees downed in North Lima and Beaver Township area.

Large tree snapped at its base at intersection of Denver Road and Youngstown-Pittsburgh Road in Poland.

Large tree limb downed at the intersection of Riverside Drive and Duncan Drive in Poland.

Numerous trees and tree limbs downed in Crandall Park in Youngstown.

Downed trees blocked OH-46, about seven-miles SSE of Canfield.

Power poles downed along OH-46 about one-mile NNW of Columbiana.

Hail up to quarter-size about one-mile north of Columbiana.

Trees downed along New Buffalo Road, about three-miles north of Columbia.

Hail up to ping pong ball-size about a half-mile southeast of Poland.

Hail up to nickel-size in Boardman.

Hail up to quarter-size about two-miles northwest of Boardman.

Numerous trees downed in Canfield.

Hail up to half dollar-size in Craig Beach.

Hail up to golf ball-size in Lake Milton.

Tree downed onto house about two-miles south of Austintown.

Several trees downed in Poland.

Snapped tree limbs caused roof damage about two-miles east of Boardman.

Trees downed in Austintown.