Flash Flood, Coshocton
- When
- March 4, 9:36 PM EST to March 5, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Coshocton County, Countywide
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.302, -81.920 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Ohio, March 4 to 8, 1999
0 feet). Flooding was confined to a few secondary roads across the county.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 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 PBZ wrote it up.
Minor flooding was reported as the combination of snowmelt and rainfall produced a rise to around 13.4 feet on the Muskingum River at Coshocton (flood stage is 13.0 feet). Flooding was confined to a few secondary roads across the county.
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:36 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Coshocton
- When
- March 6, 2:00 PM EST to March 8, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Coshocton County, Countywide
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.302, -81.920 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- High Surf in California, March 4 to 5, 1999
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, March 4, 1999
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in New York, March 4, 1999
- Strong Wind in Maine, March 4, 1999
- Winter Weather in Michigan, March 4 to 6, 1999
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, March 4, 1999
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, March 4, 1999
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 4, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 4, 1999
- Strong Wind in Rhode Island, March 4, 1999
- Heavy Snow in North Dakota, March 4, 1999
- Strong Wind in Maryland, March 4, 1999
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, March 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: 5688449, 5688450.