Flood, Guernsey
- When
- May 10, 12:00 AM EST to May 13, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Guernsey forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.052, -81.494 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Ohio, May 10 to 13, 1996
After two consecutive days of flooding rains throughout parts of east central Ohio, Wills Creek went above its 13 foot flood stage at Cambridge. 5 feet on the afternoon of the 11th.
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 PBZ wrote it up.
After two consecutive days of flooding rains throughout parts of east central Ohio, Wills Creek went above its 13 foot flood stage at Cambridge. The river crested at 15.5 feet on the afternoon of the 11th. Only minor flooding occurred, including some street flooding in Cambridge.
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
- Hail in Texas, May 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, May 10 to 11, 1996
- Tornado in Iowa, May 10, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, May 10, 1996
- Tornado in Illinois, May 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, May 10 to 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 10, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, May 10 to 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Indiana, May 10 to 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, May 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Indiana, May 10 to 11, 1996
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, May 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: 5555548.