Flooding in Ohio, March 26, 2002

Name: Flooding in Ohio, March 26, 2002
Start: 2002-03-26T08:25
End: 2002-03-26T10:00
Location: Ohio

March 26, 2002 · NWS ILN · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

Continuous rain over a one day period in this area caused some creeks and streams to overflow their banks and close area roadways.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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.

Continuous rain over a one day period in this area caused some creeks and streams to overflow their banks and close area roadways.

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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 26, 8:10 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 8:10 AM EST, 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
810 AM EST TUE MAR 26 2002

WL SEND AN UPDATE SHORTLY. LOOKS LIKE HEAVIER PRECIP MOVING OUT OF
SW PORTIONS OF FA SO WL CLEAN UP WORDING THERE AND DROP FLOOD WATCH.
WL CONTINUE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE TIME BEING OVER THE SE AS HVYR PCPN
LIKELY TO CONT FOR AT LEAST A LTL WHILE LONGER. FOR NOW WL CONT WITH
WINTER WX ADV/WRNINGS WHR THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT AND HANDLE
WITH LATER UPDATE...BUT WL CLEAN UP WORDING TO SHOW MORE OF A DCRS
IN PCPN THRU REST OF MRNG/ERLY AFTN. ALSO...WITH SFC LOW MOVG NE
ACRS SE PORTIONS OF FA THRU THIS MRNG...NOT SURE HOW MUCH WARM AIR
WL BE PULLED UP INTO MUCH OF OUR FA. THEREFORE...WL CUT BACK TMPS
ACRS MUCH OF AREA. ALSO...06Z MESOETA HANGING ON TO SOME PCPN ACRS
THE NW THRU THIS AFTN AND FCST SNDGS INDICTG ANY PCPN LIKELY TO BE
IN THE FORM OF SNOW THERE THSI AFTN. WL THEREFORE ADD SNOW WORDING
TO THE NW FOR THIS AFTN AND GO WITH LESS THAN AN INCH ACCUM FAR NW.

.ILN...WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY OHZ026-034-035-043>046.
WINTER STORM WARNING THIS MORNING
INZ050-058-059-OHZ042-051>053-060>062
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING
INZ066...OHZ054>056-063-070>072-080.
FLOOD WATCH TODAY KYZ097>100-OHZ079-081-082-088.

The radar

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

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Event by event

3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Adams

When: March 26, 8:25 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
Where: Adams forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.846, -83.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Scioto

When: March 26, 9:00 AM EST to 9:30 AM EST
Where: Scioto forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.804, -82.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Scioto

When: March 26, 9:36 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
Where: Scioto forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.804, -82.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

Every storm in Ohio in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, March 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: 5287069, 5287070, 5287071.