Ohio, 1997Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 18, 1997
June 18, 1997 · NWS ILN · 6 events in 5 counties and zones
5 flash flood, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $45,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
Flash Flood, Hamilton
- When
- June 18, 8:50 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hamilton County, Cincinnati
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 39.196, -84.543 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous roads flooded due to persistent heavy rainfall.
Flash Flood, Warren
- When
- June 18, 9:30 AM EST to 10:30 AM EST
- Where
- Warren County, Mason
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 39.428, -84.167 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Persistent heavy rainfall caused creeks to overflow their banks along Mason-Morrow road.
Flash Flood, Clermont
- When
- June 18, 10:00 AM EST to 11:45 AM EST
- Where
- Clermont County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 39.047, -84.152 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several roads were flooded from heavy rainfall.
Flash Flood, Fairfield
- When
- June 18, 11:30 AM EST to 12:15 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfield County, Pickerington
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 39.752, -82.631 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several roads closed due to heavy rainfall.
Flash Flood, Licking
- When
- June 18, 12:00 PM EST to 1:45 PM EST
- Where
- Licking County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 40.092, -82.483 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rainfall caused area creeks and streams to overflow their banks and flood roads.
Lightning, Licking
- When
- June 18, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Licking County, Newark
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 40.092, -82.483 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck a house which caused a fire that damaged the shed and a storage room.
- 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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 18, 19971 death · $800,000 · 55 kt wind · 2 events
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, June 18, 1997$15 million · 2 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 18, 1997$144,000 · F1 · 13 events
- Tornado and Hail in Wyoming, June 18, 1997$27,000 · F1 · 4 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in New York, June 18, 1997$55,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 18, 1997$32,000 · 10 events
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, June 18, 1997$40,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 18, 1997$30,000 · 0.88 in hail · 2 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 18 to 24, 1997$25,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 events
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 18, 1997$30,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 18, 1997$20,000 · 1 event
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 18, 1997$17,000 · F0 · 2 events
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: 5605815, 5605816, 5605817, 5605818, 5605819, 5605820.