Flash Flood, Portage
- When
- May 11, 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Portage County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Coordinates
- 41.168, -81.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Ohio, May 11, 1996
High water and flooding was common. Several roads were closed, including Prospect Street at the railroad underpass south of Ravenna, State Route 44 north of Portage County Airport and State Route 700 north of the Ohio Turnpike.
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
- $60,000
- 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 CLE wrote it up.
High water and flooding was common. Several roads were closed, including Prospect Street at the railroad underpass south of Ravenna, State Route 44 north of Portage County Airport and State Route 700 north of the Ohio Turnpike.
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:30 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: 5550198.