Flood, Wood
- When
- June 2, 1:30 PM EST to June 4, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Wood forecast zone
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.362, -83.623 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Ohio, June 2 to 4, 1997
2 feet at 1100 EST on 06/03/97. There was considerable flooding of low lying areas.
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
- $25,000
- 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 Maumee River at Grand Rapids exceeded its flood stage of 15 feet and crested at 16.2 feet at 1100 EST on 06/03/97. There was considerable flooding of low lying areas. Extensive clean-up was needed due to rubble left along 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Nebraska, June 2 to 4, 1997
- Flash Flood and Flood in South Dakota, June 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 2, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 2 to 4, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 2, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 2 to 3, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 2, 1997
- Flood and Hail in Colorado, June 2 to 6, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 2, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 2, 1997
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, June 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: 5606185.