Alert archive / Ohio / Flood Watches / 2026
Flood Watches in Ohio, May 2026
9 flood watches in May 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 May 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 9
- Busiest day
- May 22, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2:20 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more | 48 hr |
| May 22, 2:21 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fairfield and 11 more | 40 hr |
| May 22, 8:50 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 5 more | 41 hr |
| May 24, 12:28 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Adams, Brown, Highland, Hocking, Pike, Ross and 1 more | 11 hr |
| May 24, 12:52 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more | 13 hr |
| May 24, 5:14 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe, Muskingum and 1 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 1:06 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble | 33 hr |
| May 26, 1:25 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more | 34 hr |
| May 26, 1:44 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Adams, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont and 23 more | 31 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Athens County3
- Gallia County3
- Jackson County3
- Lawrence County3
- Meigs County3
- Morgan County3
- Perry County3
- Vinton County3
- Washington County3
- Adams County3
- Brown County3
- Highland County3
- Hocking County3
- Pike County3
- Ross County3
- Scioto County3
- Belmont County3
- Guernsey County3
- Monroe County3
- Muskingum County3
- Noble County3
- Butler County2
- Clermont County2
- Clinton County2
- Fairfield County2
- Fayette County2
- Franklin County2
- Hamilton County2
- Licking County2
- Pickaway County2
- Warren County2
- Harrison County2
- Jefferson County2
- Carroll County1
- Columbiana County1
- Coshocton County1
- Tuscarawas County1
- Champaign County1
- Clark County1
- Darke 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.