Heavy rains across east central Ohio during the day of the 16th produced some minor flooding events across portions of Muskingum and Coshocton Counties.
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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 episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
Heavy rains across east central Ohio during the day of the 16th produced some minor flooding events across portions of Muskingum and Coshocton Counties.
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:51 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor roadway flooding was reported on Township Road 338 and County Road 22 near the town of Warsaw. Several other reports of minor roadway flooding were received across the western part of the county.
Minor flooding was reported on secondary roads.
The Muskingum River at Coshocton rose above the flood stage of 13.0 feet during the early morning hours of the 17th. The river crested at 14.62 feet early on the 18th and then slowly receded to below flood stage on the morning of the 22nd. Flooding was predominantly in low-lying areas and resulted in the closure of several secondary roads.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, December 2000
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: 5167313, 5167312, 5167314.