Flood, Lucas
- When
- May 18, 7:00 AM EST to May 19, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lucas forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.684, -83.468 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Ohio, May 18 to 19, 1996
2 feet on 18/1700 EST. Flooding was confined to a few low lying areas near the river.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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.
The Maumee River slightly exceeded flood stage of 9 feet and crested at 9.2 feet on 18/1700 EST. Flooding was confined to a few low lying areas near the river.
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
- Heat in Illinois, May 18 to 19, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, May 18, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, May 18, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 18, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, May 18, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, May 18, 1996
- Heat in Virginia, May 18 to 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 18, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 18, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 18, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 18, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, May 18, 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: 5550016.