Flood, Clermont
- When
- February 21, 7:00 AM EST to February 23, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Clermont forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.047, -84.152 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Ohio, February 21 to 23, 2000
Heavy rainfall caused the Ohio River at Meldahl Dam to exceed flood stage. 8 feet around 1100 pm on the 21st.
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 Ohio River at Meldahl Dam to exceed flood stage. The river crested at 51.8 feet around 1100 pm on the 21st. Flood stage is 51 feet. Flooding was limited to low lying areas close to the river.
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
- Flooding in Kentucky, February 21 to 29, 2000
- Flood in California, February 21, 2000
- Flood in Indiana, February 21, 2000
- Flood in Nevada, February 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 21, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, February 21, 2000
- Winter Storm in Arizona, February 21 to 22, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, February 21, 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: 5134941.