The high water also forced some residents out of their homes.
Authorities in Cambridge City said they had to shut down Route 40 for a couple of hours to allow the water to recede. Water covered most of the downtown area.
The water moved so quick that firefighters and emergency service workers spent the night trying to get people out of harm’s way.
One man said the high water knocked out the furnace and water heater in his home. Tony Smith said he then went to his animal care business.
He said the water went into the animals’ cages and pens. Smith said he had to let a fawn loose to avoid it from drowning.
Smith said all 30 of the animals that he cares for are now back safe and dry in their shelters, including the fawn that is 3 weeks old.
In Springfield, authorities said a man driving on East North Street got stuck in deep water around midnight Monday.
They said the man was diabetic so he was not able to get out of the car when it stalled. Police and fire crews pushed the car out of the water and then medics checked the man and took him home.
The car was towed and the man was not injured.
In the northern part of the Miami Valley, the National Weather Service is in the Miami Valley investigating possible tornado touchdowns.
Experts will survey damage from Monday night’s storms to determine whether it was caused by a tornado.
Investigators will be in Auglaize County near New Knoxville and in Mercer County near the village of Ft. Recovery.