Flood, Guernsey
- When
- February 28, 10:00 AM EST to February 29, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Guernsey forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.052, -81.494 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Ohio, February 28 to 29, 1996
Runoff from flooded and near bankfull streams pushed Wills Creek, a tributary of the Muskingum River, above its 13 foot flood stage at 10 am on February 28th. The creek crested at 15 feet between 1 and 2 pm on February 29th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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 PBZ wrote it up.
Runoff from flooded and near bankfull streams pushed Wills Creek, a tributary of the Muskingum River, above its 13 foot flood stage at 10 am on February 28th. The creek crested at 15 feet between 1 and 2 pm on February 29th. Water covered Valley Road and North 8th Street in Cambridge, while the creek's stage was between 14 and 15 feet. Wills Creek remained in flood through the end of the month and went below flood stage around 3 pm on March 1st.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, February 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, February 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, February 28, 1996
- Winter Storm in Michigan, February 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, February 28, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, February 28 to 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, February 28 to 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 28 to 29, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1996
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, February 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: 5544544.