Flood, Tuscarawas
- When
- January 5, 11:00 PM EST to January 26, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tuscarawas forecast zone
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.333, -84.500
Flood in Ohio, January 5 to 26, 2005
By 545 PM on 5th, Little Stillwater Creek flooded Rte 250 near Dennison. By 930 PM on 5th, these routes flooded: 39 near Dover; 93 near Dundee; 212; 258 east of Newcomerstown; 800 near Stillwater.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $150,000
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
By 545 PM on 5th, Little Stillwater Creek flooded Rte 250 near Dennison. By 930 PM on 5th, these routes flooded: 39 near Dover; 93 near Dundee; 212; 258 east of Newcomerstown; 800 near Stillwater. Roads were still flooded on the 12th. On the 13th, 6400 people, in the areas of Mineral City, Wilkshire Hills, and Zoar were asked to evacuate their homes because water was being released from Bolivar and Dover Dams. Water behind Bolivar Dam reached a record 950 ft above sea level; Dover Dam rose to a record of 909 ft, just 7 ft below the top of the dam. On Stillwater Creek, Uhrichsville was above flood stage (5 ft), from 11 PM on 5th to 11 AM on 10th; and from 6 PM on 12th to 4 PM on the 15th. Uhrichsville crested twice: 8.9 ft 10 AM on 7th; and 5.7 11 AM on 14th. On the Tuscarawas River, New Philadelphia was above flood stage (7 ft), from 1145 AM on 11th to 330 PM on 17th; and from 730 PM on 17th to 8 PM on 26th. New Philadelphia crested twice: 8.4 ft 11 AM on 12th; and 8.3 ft 11 AM on 19th.
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 Jan 5, 10:10 PM EST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 10:10 PM EST, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1010 PM EST WED JAN 5 2005
UPDATE ISSUED TO CONT RA ACRS THE CWA TNGT...PRIMARY CHANGE WAS TO
DROP THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE SRN TIER OF PREVIOUS WARNING
AREA.
&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)...
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING
IN SAME NORTHERN AREAS. AREA OF RAIN MOVES EAST OVERNIGHT AND
TAPERS OFF DURING TOMORROW MORNING. WARMER AIR SHOULD MOVE IN TO THE
WATCH AREAS BY AFTER MIDNIGHT ENDING THE FREEZING PRECIP.
&&
.LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...
ABOVE NORNAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE. SYSTEM FROM SOUTH OVER WEEKEND
IS PROJECTED TO COME IN FASTER NOW WITH CHANCE OF PRECIOP SATURDAY
AND SAT NIGHT. THEN CHC SMALL CHANCES OF RAIN SHOWERS THRU DAY 7.
&&
.AVIATION...
IFR CONDITIONS WITH CIGS BELOW 1000 AND VSBY BELOW 3.
.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...FLOOD WATCH FOR MDZ001 UNTIL 4 PM THURSDAY.
OH...FLOOD WATCH FOR OHZ039-OHZ040-OHZ041-OHZ048-OHZ049-OHZ050-
OHZ057-OHZ058-OHZ059-OHZ068-OHZ069 UNTIL 4 PM THURSDAY.
PA...FLOOD WATCH FOR PAZ007-PAZ008-PAZ009-PAZ013-PAZ014-PAZ015-
PAZ016-PAZ020-PAZ021-PAZ022-PAZ023-PAZ029-PAZ030-PAZ031-
PAZ032 UNTIL 4 PM THURSDAY.
PA...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR PAZ007-PAZ008-PAZ009-PAZ015-PAZ016
UNTIL 4 AM THURSDAY.
WV...FLOOD WATCH FOR WVZ001-WVZ002-WVZ003-WVZ004-WVZ012-WVZ021-
WVZ022-WVZ023 FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY UNTIL 4 PM THURSDAY.
&&
15Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 5, 4:41 AM EST, 18 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 441 AM EST WED JAN 5 2005 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-060941- ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BEAVER PA-BELMONT OH-BROOKE WV-BUTLER PA- CARROLL OH-CLARION PA-COLUMBIANA OH-COSHOCTON OH-FAYETTE PA- FOREST PA-GARRETT MD-GREENE PA-GUERNSEY OH-HANCOCK WV-HARRISON OH- INDIANA PA-JEFFERSON PA-JEFFERSON OH-LAWRENCE PA-MARION WV- MARSHALL WV-MERCER PA-MONONGALIA WV-MONROE OH-MUSKINGUM OH-NOBLE OH- OHIO WV-PRESTON WV-TUCKER WV-TUSCARAWAS OH-VENANGO PA-WASHINGTON PA- WESTMORELAND PA-WETZEL WV- 441 AM EST WED JAN 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FOR A WINTRY MIX. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FREEZING RAIN. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTH WILL BE SLOWLY FALLING THROUGHOUT THE DAY CAUSING RAIN THAT WILL BE FALLING TO FREEZE AS IT COMES IN CONTACT WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 32 DEGREES. ALSO A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY AS RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES INTO THE EARLY HOURS OF THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHERN MOST PORTIONS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY. THE FLOOD WATCH ALSO CONTINUES OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING AS RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY AND OVERNIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 5, 9:23 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
923 PM EST WED JAN 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0918 PM FLOOD 1 S CONESVILLE 40.17N 81.89W
01/05/2005 COSHOCTON OH SKYWARN SPOTTER
FLOOD WATER ON ROUTE 16.
&&
BREHAKLocal storm report, Jan 5, 10:25 PM EST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1025 PM EST WED JAN 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0931 PM FLOOD 1 S CARROLLTON 40.57N 81.09W
01/05/2005 CARROLL OH COUNTY EOC
ANTIGUA ROAD FLOODED.
0931 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 S CARROLLTON 40.54N 81.09W
01/05/2005 CARROLL OH COUNTY EOC
CANYON ROAD FLOODED.
0931 PM FLOOD JEWETT 40.37N 81.00W
01/05/2005 HARRISON OH COUNTY EOC
ROUTE 151 FLOODED.
0931 PM FLOOD 7 NE CARROLLTON 40.65N 81.00W
01/05/2005 CARROLL OH COUNTY EOC
BELLFLOWER ROAD IN AUGUSTA TWP FLOODED.
0931 PM FLOOD SCIO 40.40N 81.09W
01/05/2005 HARRISON OH COUNTY EOC
NUMEROUS COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ROADS FLOODED.
0931 PM FLOOD 2 E NEWCOMERSTOWN 40.27N 81.56W
01/05/2005 TUSCARAWAS OH COUNTY EOC
ROUTE 258 FLOODED.
0931 PM FLOOD MOUNT PLEASANT 40.18N 80.80W
01/05/2005 JEFFERSON OH COUNTY EOC
COUNTY ROAD 5 FLOODED.
0931 PM FLOOD RICHMOND 40.43N 80.77W
01/05/2005 JEFFERSON OH COUNTY EOC
NUMEROUS COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ROADS FLOODED ACROSS THE
COUNTY.
0931 PM FLOOD DOVER 40.53N 81.48W
01/05/2005 TUSCARAWAS OH COUNTY EOC
ROUTE 39 FLOODED.
0945 PM FLOOD WEIRTON 40.40N 80.56W
01/05/2005 HANCOCK WV COUNTY EOC
NUMEROUS ROADS AROUND WEIRTON CLOSED DUE TO MUDSLIDES AND
FLOODING.
0945 PM FLOOD 7 NE MOUNDSVILLE 39.99N 80.65W
01/05/2005 MARSHALL WV COUNTY EOC
ROAD CLOSED NEAR VIOLA.
0950 PM FLOOD ST. CLAIRSVILLE 40.08N 80.90W
01/05/2005 BELMONT OH COUNTY EOC
MCMAHON CREEK FLOODING.
0950 PM FLOOD NEFFS 40.03N 80.82W
01/05/2005 BELMONT OH COUNTY EOC
TROUGH RUN FLOODING.
0950 PM FLOOD CAMBRIDGE 40.03N 81.59W
01/05/2005 GUERNSEY OH COUNTY EOC
NUMEROUS COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ROADS CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING.
0950 PM FLOOD 13 S WOODSFIELD 39.57N 81.12W
01/05/2005 MONROE OH COUNTY EOC
ROUTE 26 CLOSED NEAR RINARD MILLS.
0950 PM FLOOD 5 W GREENSBORO 39.79N 80.01W
01/05/2005 GREENE PA SKYWARN SPOTTER
PIGEON HOLE ROAD NEAR DAVISTOWN FLOODED.
0950 PM FLOOD ZANESVILLE 39.95N 82.01W
01/05/2005 MUSKINGUM OH COUNTY EOC
NUMEROUS COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ROADS CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING.
0950 PM FLOOD AVELLA 40.28N 80.47W
01/05/2005 WASHINGTON PA COUNTY EOC
MUDSLIDE ON ROUTE 50.
0950 PM FLOOD CALDWELL 39.75N 81.51W
01/05/2005 NOBLE OH COUNTY EOC
NUMEROUS COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ROADS CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING.
0950 PM FLOOD 1 SW BEAVER 40.68N 80.32W
01/05/2005 BEAVER PA COUNTY EOC
BARCLAY HILL ROAD FLOODED WEST OF VANPORT.
0950 PM FLOOD 5 N WASHINGTON 40.25N 80.25W
01/05/2005 WASHINGTON PA COUNTY EOC
PIKE STREET FLOODED IN MEADOWLANDS.
0950 PM FLOOD BENTLEYVILLE 40.12N 80.00W
01/05/2005 WASHINGTON PA COUNTY EOC
ALMOND ROAD FLOODED.
&&
BREHAKThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Cold in Minnesota, January 5, 2005
- Flooding in Ohio, January 5 to 10, 2005
- Ice Storm in Ohio, January 5 to 6, 2005
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 5 to 6, 2005
- Flood in Ohio, January 5 to 8, 2005
- Flood in West Virginia, January 5 to 8, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, January 5 to 6, 2005
- Flood in West Virginia, January 5 to 8, 2005
- Flooding in West Virginia, January 5 to 10, 2005
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 5 to 6, 2005
- Flood in West Virginia, January 5 to 8, 2005
- Flooding in Illinois, January 5 to 31, 2005
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, January 2005
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: 5433108.