Flood in Ohio, January 23 to 25, 1999

Name: Flood in Ohio, January 23 to 25, 1999
Start: 1999-01-23T07:00
End: 1999-01-25T17:37
Location: Ohio

January 23 to 25, 1999 · NWS CLE · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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Heat and drought
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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.

The radar

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Sandusky

When: January 23, 7:00 AM EST to January 25, 5:37 PM EST
Where: Sandusky forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.357, -83.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Rain and snowmelt caused the Portage River at Woodville to exceed its flood stage of nine feet. The river crested at 12.32 feet at 1250 PM EST on 01/24/99. Flooding occurred in low lying areas including Trail Marker Park.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Ohio in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, January 1999

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: 5683302.