Ohio, 1996

Flooding in Ohio, May 11 to 18, 1996

May 11 to 18, 1996 · NWS ILN · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Heavy rainfall pushed the Little Miami river at Kings Mills to 20 feet. Flood stage is 17 feet.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 ILN wrote it up.

Heavy rainfall pushed the Little Miami river at Kings Mills to 20 feet. Flood stage is 17 feet. Farther downstream at Milford, the river level reached 19.3 feet where flood stage is 17 feet. Lower Kings Mills road had some of the worst flooding. Water topped street signs in some places. Five people were rescued from their homes in Foster at 5 am on the 11th as the river rose at a rate of 2 feet per hour. There was some flooding near the west end of McKinley street in South Lebanon near Turtle creek. There was also considerable flooding at the mouth of the river due to backwater flooding from the Ohio river. The hardest hit areas at the mouth of the river were Anderson Township, California, and New Richmond where numerous basements and streets flooded.

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Event by event

3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Warren

When
May 11, 2:00 AM EST to May 12, 10:00 AM EST
Where
Warren forecast zone
Coordinates
39.428, -84.167 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Hamilton

When
May 11, 2:00 AM EST to May 18, 12:00 PM EST
Where
Hamilton forecast zone
Coordinates
39.196, -84.543 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Clermont

When
May 11, 2:00 AM EST to May 13, 4:00 PM EST
Where
Clermont forecast zone
Coordinates
39.047, -84.152 (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.

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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: 5558793, 5558794, 5558795.