Flash Flood, Muskingum
- When
- June 16, 2:35 PM EST to 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Muskingum County, 2 mi NE of Zanesville
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.965, -81.944 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Adamsville Rd flooded.
Flash Flood in Ohio, June 16, 2003
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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 Jun 16, 11:35 AM EST, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 11:35 AM EST, 3 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1235 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 UPDTE TO ADD FFA TO 4 CNTYS IN ECNTRL OHIO. STORMS DVLPNG ALONG BNDRY WHICH EXTENDS WSW TO SW OHIO. STORMS SHOWING SLOW MVMT AND RADAR INDICATING BUILDING TO W/N. PWS AOA 1.6. MAY HAVE TO BE XTND IN CVG/TIME LTE AFTN. .PBZ... MD...NONE. OH...FLOOD WATCH TIL 4PM EDT THIS AFTN FOR OHZ048/O57/O58/O68 PA...NONE. WV...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 4:09 AM EST, 10 hours 26 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-160915- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 509 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 11:52 AM EST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
OHZ057-161800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1252 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 ...HEAVY RAINS ACROSS NORTHERN MUSKINGUM COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN MUSKINGUM COUNTY...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A BLOOMFIELD TO ADAMSVILLE TO ELLIS LINE. RADAR ESTIMATED THESE STORMS MAY HAVE PRODUCED UP TO 1.50 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. RAIN MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER ALREADY SATURATED SOILS CAN RESULT IN FLOODING SO BE ALERT TO RAPID WATER LEVEL RISES. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUSKINGUM COUNTY TIL 4PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 1:05 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
OHZ057-161930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 205 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUSKINGUM COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED THESE STORMS MAY HAVE PRODUCED UP TO TWO INCHES OR SO IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MUSKINGUM COUNTY NAMELY THE TOWNSHIPS OF ADAMS...MONROE... SALEM...HIGHLAND...AND UNION. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER ALREADY SATURATED SOILS CAN RESULT IN FLOODING SO BE ALERT TO RAPID WATER LEVEL RISES. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUSKINGUM COUNTY TIL 4PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON.
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 159 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:35 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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 Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, June 16, 2003
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 16, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Wyoming, June 16, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Georgia, June 16 to 19, 2003
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 16, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 16, 2003
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 16, 2003
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 16, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, June 16, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Indiana, June 16, 2003
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 16, 2003
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 16, 2003
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, June 2003
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: 5365261.