Flood, Lake
- When
- February 27, 6:20 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lake forecast zone
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 41.714, -81.245 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
0 feet at 0730 EST on 02/27/97. Flooding occurred along the northern section of Trailard, Milan Drive and Chagrin Drive and Daniels Park was closed due to high water.
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
- $50,000
- 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.
The Chagrin River at Willoughby exceeded its flood stage of 11 feet and crested at 14.0 feet at 0730 EST on 02/27/97. Flooding occurred along the northern section of Trailard, Milan Drive and Chagrin Drive and Daniels Park was closed due to high water. Several basements were flooded in Eastlake.
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
- Dense Fog in New York, February 27, 1997
- High Wind in New York, February 27, 1997
- High Wind in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 27 to 28, 1997
- High Wind in Michigan, February 27, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, February 27 to 28, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 27 to 28, 1997
- Flooding in Georgia, February 27 to 28, 1997
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, February 1997
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: 5588637.