Flood, Hamilton
- When
- February 20, 1:30 PM EST to February 23, 11:30 AM EST
- Where
- Hamilton forecast zone
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.196, -84.543 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Ohio, February 20 to 23, 2000
Heavy rainfall caused the Ohio River at Cincinnati to exceed its banks. 5 feet on the 22nd around 200 am.
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
- $100,000
- 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 Ohio River at Cincinnati to exceed its banks. The river crested at 54.5 feet on the 22nd around 200 am. Flood stage is 52 feet. Mainly low land flooding occurred, but several homes received water damage.
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
- Flood in Ohio, February 20 to 22, 2000
- High Wind in California, February 20, 2000
- Blizzard and High Wind in California, February 20 to 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 20 to 21, 2000
- Winter Storm in California, February 20 to 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in California, February 20 to 21, 2000
- Blizzard and Extreme Cold in Alaska, February 20 to 26, 2000
- High Surf in California, February 20 to 22, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 20 to 21, 2000
- Flood in Kentucky, February 20 to 23, 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: 5134942.