Flash Flood, Harrison
- When
- January 31, 10:58 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Harrison County, Southwest Portion
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.294, -81.091 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 31, 2001
Heavy rains forced some minor roadway flooding along State Route 258 near Stillwater in southeast Tuscarawas County, extending into southwestern Harrison County.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 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 PBZ wrote it up.
Heavy rains forced some minor roadway flooding along State Route 258 near Stillwater in southeast Tuscarawas County, extending into southwestern Harrison County.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 31, 7:40 AM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 7:40 AM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 740 AM EST WED JAN 31 2001 UPDATING ZONES FOR SNOW. MOST OF THE CWA HAS TURNED OVER TO ALL SNOW NOW. I WILL ALSOl LOWER THE TEMPS A LITTLE. CAT .PBZ... MD...NONE. OH...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 AM FOR OHZ035-048-049-057>059-068-069.. PA...NONE. WV...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 AM FOR WVZ004-012.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Tuscarawas
- When
- January 31, 10:58 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tuscarawas County, Southeast Portion
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.441, -81.474 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, January 31, 2001
- Flash Flood in New York, January 31, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Maine, January 31, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 31, 2001
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 31, 2001
- Winter Weather in New York, January 31, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 31, 2001
- Dense Fog in California, January 31, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, January 31, 2001
- Flood in Indiana, January 31, 2001
- Flood in Oklahoma, January 31, 2001
- Wildfire in Hawaii, January 31, 2001
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, January 2001
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: 5229611, 5229612.