Flood, Muskingum
- When
- June 8, 10:20 PM EST to June 9, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Muskingum forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.965, -81.944 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Ohio, June 8 to 15, 1996
Widespread and prolonged flooding was reported across Coshocton County. Baldi, Killbuck and Wills Creek overflowed their banks and flooded roads.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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.
Widespread and prolonged flooding was reported across Coshocton County. Baldi, Killbuck and Wills Creek overflowed their banks and flooded roads. Many roads were flooded and closed in Litton Township for several days in Coshocton County. The Muskingum River at Coshocton also remained between 0.5 feet and 1.0 feet above its 13 foot flood stage for several days.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Coshocton
- When
- June 8, 10:20 PM EST to June 15, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Coshocton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.302, -81.920 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 8 to 9, 1996
- Heat in Delaware, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Massachusetts, June 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, June 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8 to 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 8, 1996
- Hail in Mississippi, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 8, 1996
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, June 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: 5562966, 5562967.