Ohio, 2002

Flood in Ohio, April 20 to 22, 2002

April 20 to 22, 2002 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 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 Apr 20, 1:50 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 1:50 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
250 AM EDT SAT APR 20 2002

WIDESPREAD RAIN HAS ENDED ALONG WITH THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN. WILL DROP
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN THE SOUTHERN ZONES.

COLD FRONT IS LAYING OUT EAST WEST BETWEEN PIT AND CAK AT THIS HOUR WITH
SOME RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF THE FRONT WITH
A TSTM PRESENTLY AT YNG. COLD FRONT WILL NOT MOVE TOO FAR SOUTH OF PIT
TODAY SO WILL KEEP SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF TSTMS TODAY FOR ALL ZONES
AND END SHOWERS TONIGHT AS THE FRONT SINKS SLOWLY SOUTH. GOOD SHORT
WAVE BRINGS THE FRONT BACK NORTH SUNDAY AND SHOULD SPREAD GOOD SHOT OF
RAIN INTO THE AREA FOR LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. TEMPS
WILL RECOVER WITH THE WARM ADVECTION SUNDAY... SO WILL UP MAX TEMPS
OVER GUIDANCE. COLDER TEMPS BEHIND THE SYSTEM FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

.PBZ...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 19, 9:48 PM EST, 5 hours 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1048 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1040 PM    UNSPECIFIED               OH   FLOODING
04/19/02   COSHOCTON                      OF SEVERAL ROADS BY HEAVY RAIN.
Local storm report, Apr 19, 10:09 PM EST, 4 hours 51 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1109 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1105 PM    WORTHINGTON               WV   FLOODING
04/19/02   MARION                         OF SEVERAL ROADS IN THE SOUTHERN
                                          PART OF THE COUNTY.

The radar

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Coshocton

When
April 20, 3:00 AM EST to April 22, 1:00 AM EST
Where
Coshocton forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
40.302, -81.920 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

More thunderstorm rains over nearly saturated ground pushed the Muskingum River at Coshocton back over its flood stage of 13.0 feet. The river crested at around 13.4 feet during the late morning hours on the 20th, then began to slowly recede, finally falling below flood stage early on the 22nd. Only some minor roadway flooding near the river was reported.

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

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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: 5287812.