Flash Flood, Coshocton
- When
- January 23, 10:00 PM EST to January 24, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Coshocton County, Warsaw
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 40.302, -81.920 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Ohio, January 23 to 24, 1997
An ice jam on the Walhonding River, about 5 miles west-northwest of Warsaw, near the Mohawk Dam, caused flood waters to rise behind the jam. Three vacant summer homes were affected.
Where it happened
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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
- $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.
An ice jam on the Walhonding River, about 5 miles west-northwest of Warsaw, near the Mohawk Dam, caused flood waters to rise behind the jam. Three vacant summer homes were affected. Evacuations were also ordered from Nellie Bridge to Six-mile Dam. The flooding continued for several days.
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:58 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
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 23, 1997
- Tornado in Texas, January 23, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 23, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 23 to 24, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 23 to 26, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 23, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 23, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, January 23 to 24, 1997
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 23, 1997
- Dense Fog in Florida, January 23, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 23 to 25, 1997
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 23, 1997
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: 5588317.