Flood, Hocking
- When
- February 18, 11:00 PM EST to February 19, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hocking forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.497, -82.479 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Ohio, February 18 to 19, 2000
Heavy rainfall caused the Hocking River at Enterprise to spill out of its banks. 5 feet around 800 am on the 19th.
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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS ILN wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall caused the Hocking River at Enterprise to spill out of its banks. The river crested near 14.5 feet around 800 am on the 19th. Flood stage is 12.0 feet. Several highways were covered by the river at its crest.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, February 18 to 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, February 18 to 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, February 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, February 18 to 19, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, February 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Pennsylvania, February 18 to 20, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, February 18 to 19, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, February 18 to 19, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kentucky, February 18 to 21, 2000
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 18, 2000
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, February 18, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 18, 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: 5134936.