Richland storm history

Heavy rainfall during the afternoon hours of July 12th caused widespread flash flooding across Richland County. Numerous state and county roads, including State Routes 314, 309, 430 and 181 were closed because of fast flowing high water. Initial reports of flooding were from the …

Over two weeks of consecutive rain was peaked by torrential rain on the 9th and 10th of July where brought widespread flooding to Richland County. The most impacted towns were Shelby, Mansfield, Ontario, Lexington, Bellville and Butler 'with reported damage to homes and businesse…

Much of Bellville was closed part of the day as water flooded the village's east side. Water surrounded the elementary school and covered the township garage as the Clear Fork rose out of banks. Around 60 water rescues were reported in the Mansfield area. Water damaged commercial…

A strong cold front moved east across Richland County during the evening of February 11th. Damaging west to southwest winds developed behind the front late in the evening. A peak wind gust of 64 mph was measured by an automated sensor at Mansfield Lahm Airport at 1159 pm. Earlier…

High winds associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ike began late in the afternoon of September 14th and then continued through much of the evening. A peak gust of 66 mph was measured by an automated sensor at Mansfield Lahm Airport at 5:16 PM EDT. Damage in the county was exte…

Snow began across the area during the morning hours of the 7th and continued for the next day and a half. During the daytime on the 7th, visibilities were reduced to a half mile or less at times, but then during the evening hours the snow lightened up considerably. The snow inten…

Heavy rain producing thunderstorms affected Richland County during the late evening hours of August 20th and early morning hours of August 21st. Rainfall rates with the strongest storms exceeded three inches per hour. A trained spotter in Mansfield measured a storm total of 7.5 i…

Large tree limbs downed in Ontario.

Tree downed along U.S. Route 42 in Lexington.

Trees and tree limbs downed about one-mile SSW of Mansfield.

Trees downed about two-miles southeast of Bellville.

Multiple tree limbs downed along Lenox Avenue in Roseland, about two-miles northwest of downtown Mansfield.

Mansfield Lahm Airport ASOS recorded a peak straight-line convective wind gust of 59-mph.

Hail up to half dollar-size in Butler.

Hail up to quarter-size along OH-546, about one-mile south of Lexington.

Hail up to penny-size in Lexington.

Hail up to quarter-size in Lexington, near the intersection of Orchard Park Road and Lexington Avenue.

Hail up to penny-size about 1.5-miles southeast of Mansfield.

Multiple trees snapped about 3-feet above ground level along OH Route 97, about halfway between Bellville and Butler. All of the trees were about 1.5-feet in diameter.

Hail up to quarter-size in Ontario.

Multiple road closures due to flooding in Cass and Plymouth Townships. Flooding of Bear Run and Marsh Run caused flowing water over roadways leading to their closure. This includes London West Road between Broadway Road and Plymouth Springmill Road, London East Road between Fackl…

Widespread road closures due to flooding in and around Mansfield, including OH-13 and US-30 and the railroad underpass at the OH-430 and US-42 split. Mt. Zion road closed due to flooding of Rocky Fork between Smart Road and Crimson Road. USGS stream gage on the Rocky Fork at Luca…

Hail up to quarter-size about one-mile ENE of Lexington.

A couple of trees downed at intersection of Mansfield-Lucas Road and Washington-North Road, about three-miles WNW of Lucas.

Several trees downed in Mansfield.

Several trees downed about three-miles SSW of Lucas.

Several trees downed about three-miles west of Butler.

Two trees downed about four-miles southwest of Bellville.

Trees and power poles downed, roof blown off township hall, half of roof blown off separate building, and damage to porches of homes in Madison Township (i.e. about three-miles ENE of Mansfield).

Mansfield Airport ASOS recorded a peak wind gust of 62 mph from a passing rain shower.

A weak area of low pressure lifted through the Ohio Valley and brought a swath of accumulating snow across the area on January 22, 2023. This was a relatively short-lived burst of heavy snow, with moderate to heavy snow largely confined to a four-hour window between 9 AM and 1 PM…

Tree downed about three-miles NNW of Ontario and another tree downed about six-miles east of Shelby.

An Arctic cold front swept through the area shortly before Midnight December 23rd. Low pressure along this front tracked over Lake Erie early in the morning on December 23rd and rapidly intensified through the day while slowly lifting northeast across Ontario. With the frontal pa…

Wind chills plunged below 0 by 5 AM December 23rd and did not rise above 0 until the morning of December 26th. A minimum wind chill of -36F was reported at Mansfield Airport at 11:52 AM December 23rd. A number of burst pipes were reported across northern and central Ohio due to t…

Several trees downed about one-mile SSW of Bellville.

Several trees downed along 600 block of Clever Road in Bellville.

Several trees downed at Pavonia Road and Windsor Road in Windsor.

Trees downed at the corner of Stout and Welty Roads, several miles southeast of Lucas.

Mansfield Airport ASOS recorded a 61 mph peak gust from passing thunderstorm.

Extensive tree damage in Mansfield.

Power pole fell onto a delivery truck about two-miles southwest of Mansfield. Farther downstream (i.e. about two-miles SSW of Mansfield), a large tree fell onto a house and punctured its roof.

Trees snapped in half and roof blown off mobile home in Lexington.