Heavy Rain in Ohio, January 24, 2002

Name: Heavy Rain in Ohio, January 24, 2002
Start: 2002-01-24T01:00
End: 2002-01-24T11:00
Location: Ohio

January 24, 2002 · NWS RLX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

5 to 3 inches fell in 6 to 8 hours, with the heaviest across northern portions of Lawrence County into southern Gallia County. 85 inches.

Where it happened

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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 RLX wrote it up.

Rains of 1.5 to 3 inches fell in 6 to 8 hours, with the heaviest across northern portions of Lawrence County into southern Gallia County. Waterloo reported a 24 hours total of 2.85 inches. Gallipolis had 2.1 inches. Only minor overflow of small streams occurred in the usual low spots. No dwellings were affected.

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 Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 23, 10:05 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 10:05 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1005 PM EST WED JAN 23 2002

HAVE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND BLANKET AREA WITH FLOOD WATCH FOR LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  NOT EXPECTING MAJOR FLOODING OR
EXPECTING FLOOD WARNINGS BUT COULD SEE SOME MINOR FLOODING WITH ANY
TRAINING OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION.  MODEL QPF SHOWING BETWEEN 1 AND 2
INCHES OF PRECIP THROUGH THURS AND WITH MOIST GROUND DUE TO PREVIOUS
SNOW MELT FELT FLOOD WATCH WAS NEEDED TO ALERT TO POSSIBLE
FLOODING.  MAIN PRECIP RAPIDLY MOVING INTO WESTERN KENTUCKY WITH WAA
PRECIP DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY ATTM.

.RLX...
WV...FLOOD WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ZONES
WVZ005>011...WVZ013>020...WVZ024>040...WVZ046>047.

VA...FLOOD WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ZONES
VAZ003>004.

KY...FLOOD WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ZONES
KYZ101>103...KYZ105.

OH...FLOOD WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ZONES
OHZ075>076...OHZ083>087.

.END/ HC

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Lawrence

When: January 24, 1:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
Where: Lawrence County, Countywide
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.599, -82.537 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Gallia

When: January 24, 1:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
Where: Gallia County, Countywide
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.825, -82.317 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Ohio in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, January 2002

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: 5276519, 5276520.