Flash Flood, Lawrence
- When
- June 23, 12:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lawrence County, Eastern Half
- Property damage
- $400,000
- Coordinates
- 38.599, -82.537 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Ohio, June 23, 1996
Two inches of rain in 1 to 2 hours caused flooding that was mainly concentrated along Symmes and Little Guyan Creeks in the eastern part of the county. Seven mobile homes and 8 low income houses were destroyed.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $400,000
- 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 RLX wrote it up.
Two inches of rain in 1 to 2 hours caused flooding that was mainly concentrated along Symmes and Little Guyan Creeks in the eastern part of the county. Seven mobile homes and 8 low income houses were destroyed. About 30 familes were affected. The Scottown Post Office was also flooded.
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:57 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
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 23, 1996
- Heat in South Carolina, June 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 23, 1996
- Tornado in Indiana, June 23, 1996
- Tornado in Washington, June 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 23, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, June 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 23, 1996
More
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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: 5559243.