Flash Flood, Cuyahoga
- When
- August 20, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Cuyahoga County, Newburgh Heights
- Coordinates
- 41.479, -81.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Ohio, August 20, 1996
Heavy thunderstorm rain caused flooding of Interstate 77. It was closed near Fleet Avenue because of high water.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
Heavy thunderstorm rain caused flooding of Interstate 77. It was closed near Fleet Avenue because of high water.
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:46 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Texas, August 20, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, August 20, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 20, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 20, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in Indiana, August 20, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 20, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 20, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, August 20 to 21, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, August 20, 1996
- Hail in Puerto Rico, August 20, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 20, 1996
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, August 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5567255.