Ohio, 2002

Flash Flood in Ohio, July 1, 2002

July 1, 2002 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash 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 Jul 1, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
230 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2002

HAZY/HUMID AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE IN PLACE UNTIL ARRIVAL/PASSAGE OF
FRONT PROBABLY LTE WED NGT...HOPEFULLY S OF M/D LINE BY 12Z/04.
WILL KEEP CHC POPS EARLY TNGT WITH DIURNAL HEATING/ORGRAPHICS/
OUTFLOW BNDRYS/UNSTABLE AIR ETC.
TUESDAY  MDLS INDICATE ANOTHER SHRT/WV MOVING SWD ACROSS REGION
SO WILL CONT CHC POPS AND ALSO AGAIN EARLY TUES NGT IN SAME
SCENARIO. MDL RUNS NOW HINTING TWD LTR PASSAGE OF FRONT LTE
WED NGT...SO WILL MENTION CHC POPS WED AFTN AND FOR WED NGT.
HOPEFULLY ON 4TH HI PRES WILL BEGIN FILTERING INTO REGION
AND PROVIDE DRY WX THRU HOLIDAY WKND...WITH LESS HUMIDITY.
TEMPS LOOK OK.

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

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:23 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Guernsey

When
July 1, 3:25 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where
Guernsey County, 5 mi S of Cambridge
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.052, -81.494 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy thunderstorm rains of over three inches produced minor flooding along portions of County Road 35.

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

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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: 5307092.