Flash Flood, Belmont
- When
- March 2, 12:10 AM EST to 9:30 AM EST
- Where
- Belmont County, 2 mi S of St Clairsville
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 40.016, -80.988 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Ohio, March 2, 1997
Widespread rainfall totals between 2 and 3 inches over a 48 hour period led to flooding across the Belmont County. A bridge, about 2 miles south of St.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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.
Widespread rainfall totals between 2 and 3 inches over a 48 hour period led to flooding across the Belmont County. A bridge, about 2 miles south of St. Clairsville, was under water from the Little McMahon Creek. Parts of Route 148 were flooded from the Captina Creek in the southern part of the county.Debris and mud washed onto railroad tracks near Powhatan Point. A resident of a mobile home was assisted in getting out of his home, which was about 4 miles west of Powhatan Point. A few basements were also flooded in the county.
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:07 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
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 2, 1997
- Flood in West Virginia, March 2 to 7, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 15, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Utah, March 2 to 4, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 9, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, March 2, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, March 2 to 6, 1997
- Flood in West Virginia, March 2 to 3, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, March 2 to 15, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 31, 1997
- Flooding in Ohio, March 2 to 11, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, March 2 to 11, 1997
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, March 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: 5613204.