Flood Watches in Ohio
443 flood watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 443
- Busiest year
- 202666 flood watches
- Average year
- 21over 21 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Gallia County98
- Lawrence County95
- Meigs County91
- Washington County90
- Athens County88
- Vinton County83
- Jackson County82
- Adams County79
- Scioto County78
- Brown County77
- Morgan County77
- Pike County76
- Clermont County73
- Highland County70
- Ross County70
- Hamilton County69
- Ashland County69
- Noble County69
- Richland County69
- Perry County67
- Monroe County67
- Hocking County66
- Wayne County66
- Stark County65
- Warren County65
- Knox County65
- Belmont County64
- Clinton County63
- Portage County63
- Trumbull County63
- Guernsey County63
- Holmes County63
- Jefferson County62
- Medina County62
- Summit County62
- Butler County61
- Mahoning County61
- Huron County61
- Marion County61
- Muskingum County61
48 more counties
- Fayette County60
- Harrison County60
- Crawford County60
- Morrow County60
- Fairfield County59
- Wyandot County59
- Pickaway County58
- Cuyahoga County58
- Erie County57
- Geauga County57
- Hancock County57
- Carroll County56
- Columbiana County56
- Franklin County56
- Lake County56
- Lorain County56
- Greene County55
- Tuscarawas County55
- Seneca County55
- Coshocton County54
- Licking County53
- Montgomery County53
- Preble County52
- Ashtabula County52
- Madison County51
- Clark County50
- Darke County50
- Ottawa County50
- Sandusky County50
- Wood County50
- Miami County49
- Van Wert County49
- Lucas County49
- Delaware County48
- Logan County48
- Shelby County48
- Allen County47
- Defiance County47
- Paulding County47
- Putnam County47
- Champaign County46
- Hardin County46
- Union County46
- Auglaize County45
- Henry County44
- Mercer County44
- Fulton County42
- Williams County42
The latest flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 2:11 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more | 3 days |
| Sep 20, 1:58 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | Paulding, Van Wert | 10 hr |
| Sep 20, 1:07 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more | 23 hr |
| Sep 20, 12:00 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 5 more | 68 hr |
| Sep 19, 10:29 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Clinton, Fairfield, Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Pickaway and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:20 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | Paulding, Van Wert | 47 hr |
| Sep 17, 1:53 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Adams, Brown, Butler, Clark, Clermont, Clinton and 17 more | 18 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:18 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | Allen, Van Wert | 23 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:55 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Delaware, Franklin and 11 more | 23 hr |
| Sep 11, 2:05 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Adams, Brown, Fairfield, Franklin, Highland, Hocking and 5 more | 34 hr |
| Sep 11, 1:35 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more | 35 hr |
| Sep 11, 1:26 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 5 more | 40 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.