Flash Flood, Ohio
- When
- February 28, 1:15 AM EST to 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Ohio County, Triadelphia
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 40.097, -80.619 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in West Virginia, February 28, 1996
Some basement flooding was reported in Triadelphia.
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
- $5,000
- 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 PBZ wrote it up.
Some basement flooding was reported in Triadelphia.
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:13 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.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Georgia, February 28, 1996
- Winter Storm in Michigan, February 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, February 28, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, February 28 to 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, February 28 to 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 28 to 29, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1996
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: 5541257.