41
Recorded events
1
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$55.3M
Property damage
Flash Flood in Trumbull County, Ohio: 41 recorded events between 1996 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #797 nationally and #28 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Flash Flood in Trumbull County, Ohio: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for flash flood in Trumbull County is the 1990s, when 13 of the county's 41 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Trumbull County archive, flash flood makes up 6.0% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #797 for this hazard and #28 within Ohio, putting it in the 73.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for flash flood in Trumbull County with 11 recorded events, while Feb is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2003 | COUNTYWIDE | 0 | 1 | 0 | $12.0M |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2025 | MC DONALD | 0 | $0 |
| Apr 26, 2025 | STROUPS | 0 | $20K |
| Jun 18, 2024 | DOUGHTON | 0 | $0 |
| Jun 18, 2024 | DOUGHTON | 0 | $25K |
| Jun 18, 2024 | DOUGHTON | 0 | $100K |
| Aug 25, 2021 | LEAVITTSBURG | 0 | $100K |
| Aug 19, 2021 | NILES | 0 | $100K |
| Jul 7, 2020 | NEWTON FALLS | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 20, 2019 | BARCLAY | 0 | $750K |
| Jul 20, 2019 | KINSMAN | 0 | $3.0M |
Other hazards here
More from Trumbull County
- Thunderstorm Wind 417
- Hail 180
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Thunderstorms dumped two to four inches of rain on portions of Trumbull County during the afternoon hours. The most severe flooding occurred in Warren, Howland, Braceville and Brookfield Townships with many evacuations reported. 2.71 inches of rain fell in Southington by 2 p.m with 4.61 inches of rain in Brookfield by 3 p.m. A 10 year boy drowned on the northeast side of Warren around 2 p.m. when he was sucked into a culvert and became trapped. Many roads were washed out in Howland Township. Sev
Kinsman Lake in northern Trumbull County saw an estimated 5 to 6 inches of rainfall during the early morning hours of the 20th. A Flash Flood Warning was issued at 741 AM on the morning of the 20th due to an increase in rainfall rates peaking between 7 and 715 am around 4 inches per hour. The nine acre lake was overwhelmed by runoff and the earthen dam on the south side of the lake was overtopped by 2 to 4 feet of water as estimated by Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The dam eroded and broke around 811 AM. Immediately downstream of the dam the basement wall of home collapsed, and agricultural fields sustained significant erosion. In all the washed out bridge left 55 people in 21 homes cut off as a result of this failure. The flood waters continued down Stratton Creek into Pymatuning Creek and eventually into the Shenango River Lake in PA. No impacts were reported once the flood waters reached the Pymatuning Creek.
The flash flooding on August 8th put most of the Newton Falls Community Park under water along with several homes and businesses. State Route 534 along with several other roads were closed including Crossroads with Warren Ravenna Road, Taft Avenue and Wilson Avenue, had water standing as high as the mailbox of one residence. The storm sewer systems were overwhelmed causing backups into hundreds of homes and businesses' basements.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many flash flood events are on record in Trumbull County, Ohio?
41 flash flood events are recorded in Trumbull County between 1996 and 2025, causing 1 direct deaths.
What is the strongest flash flood recorded in Trumbull County?
The strongest flash flood on record in Trumbull County measured 0.
Where does the flash flood data for Trumbull County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Flash Flood in Trumbull County, Ohio.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/ohio/trumbull-county/flash-flood/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.