Alert archive / Ohio / Flood Watches / 2026
Flood Watches in Ohio, August 2026
17 flood watches in August 2026. 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 in August 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 17
- Busiest day
- August 10, 20263 flood watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 11:18 AM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 26 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:54 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more | 20 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:04 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Jefferson | 21 hr |
| Aug 10, 10:07 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 5 more | 41 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:35 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more | 4 days |
| Aug 10, 1:04 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more | 4 days |
| Aug 11, 12:56 AM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 3 days |
| Aug 11, 1:18 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Hancock, Holmes and 16 more | 22 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:04 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | Allen, Van Wert | 43 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:57 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Adams, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton and 23 more | 41 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:48 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more | 71 hr |
| Aug 15, 9:57 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 5 more | 38 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:08 PM EDT | Flood Watch | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Hancock, Holmes, Huron, Knox and 7 more | 14 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:35 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Athens, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton, Washington | 25 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:36 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson and 4 more | 25 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:40 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield and 15 more | 21 hr |
| Aug 22, 12:21 PM EDT | Flood Watch | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Mahoning, Portage and 3 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Stark County4
- Carroll County4
- Jefferson County4
- Allen County3
- Van Wert County3
- Ashland County3
- Crawford County3
- Cuyahoga County3
- Hancock County3
- Holmes County3
- Huron County3
- Knox County3
- Marion County3
- Morrow County3
- Richland County3
- Seneca County3
- Summit County3
- Wayne County3
- Wyandot County3
- Columbiana County3
- Belmont County3
- Coshocton County3
- Guernsey County3
- Harrison County3
- Monroe County3
- Muskingum County3
- Noble County3
- Tuscarawas County3
- Athens County3
- Meigs County3
- Morgan County3
- Perry County3
- Vinton County3
- Washington County3
- Auglaize County3
- Champaign County3
- Clark County3
- Darke County3
- Delaware County3
- Fairfield County3
48 more counties
- Fayette County3
- Franklin County3
- Greene County3
- Hardin County3
- Hocking County3
- Licking County3
- Logan County3
- Madison County3
- Mercer County3
- Miami County3
- Montgomery County3
- Pickaway County3
- Preble County3
- Shelby County3
- Union County3
- Defiance County2
- Fulton County2
- Henry County2
- Paulding County2
- Putnam County2
- Williams County2
- Ashtabula County2
- Erie County2
- Geauga County2
- Lake County2
- Lorain County2
- Lucas County2
- Mahoning County2
- Medina County2
- Ottawa County2
- Portage County2
- Sandusky County2
- Trumbull County2
- Wood County2
- Gallia County2
- Jackson County2
- Lawrence County2
- Adams County2
- Butler County2
- Clinton County2
- Highland County2
- Pike County2
- Ross County2
- Scioto County2
- Warren County2
- Brown County1
- Clermont County1
- Hamilton County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.