Flood, Warren
- When
- April 16, 4:00 AM EST to April 18, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Warren forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.428, -84.167 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Ohio, April 16 to 18, 1998
The Little Miami River rose out of its banks from Kings Mills to Milford. 0 feet around 100 pm EST on the 16th.
Where it happened
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- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 ILN wrote it up.
The Little Miami River rose out of its banks from Kings Mills to Milford. At Kings Mills, the river crested at 24.0 feet around 100 pm EST on the 16th. Flood stage is 17.0 feet. Some flooding occurred in South Lebanon and Morrow in Warren county. A police car was submerged by the rising flood water. At Milford, the river crested at 21.3 feet around noon on the 16th. Flood stage is 17.0 feet.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Clermont
- When
- April 16, 6:15 AM EST to April 18, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clermont forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.047, -84.152 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Tornadoes in Kentucky, April 16, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 16, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Hail in Kentucky, April 16, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Ohio, April 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 16, 1998
- Tornadoes in Kentucky, April 16, 1998
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, April 1998
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: 5633681, 5633682.