Flood, Pike
- When
- February 14, 12:00 PM EST to February 15, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pike forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.077, -83.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Ohio, February 14 to 15, 2000
Heavy rainfall caused the Scioto River at Piketon to exceed its banks. 5 feet around 500 am on the 15th.
Where it happened
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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.
Heavy rainfall caused the Scioto River at Piketon to exceed its banks. The river crested near 20.5 feet around 500 am on the 15th. Flood stage is 18 feet. The flooding affected some low lying roads near the river and caused backwater flooding from creeks flowing into the river.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Scioto
- When
- February 14, 12:00 PM EST to February 15, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Scioto forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.804, -82.993 (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
- High Wind in Utah, February 14, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Idaho, February 14, 2000
- Tornado in Idaho, February 14, 2000
- Tornadoes in Idaho, February 14, 2000
- Tornado in Idaho, February 14, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 14, 2000
- Tornado in Idaho, February 14, 2000
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 14, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, February 14, 2000
- Tornado in Idaho, February 14, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, February 14, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, February 14, 2000
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, February 2000
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: 5134931, 5134932.