Flash Flood, Columbiana
- When
- May 11, 9:30 AM EST to 7:59 PM EST
- Where
- Columbiana County, Franklin Square
- Coordinates
- 40.768, -80.777 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Ohio, May 11, 1996
Some small streams went out of their banks in the northern part of the county. Lisbon Road was flooded in low-lying areas near Franklin Square.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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.
Some small streams went out of their banks in the northern part of the county. Lisbon Road was flooded in low-lying areas near Franklin Square.
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:30 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.
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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: 5555552.