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Flash Flood — Ashtabula, OH

Jul 29, 2021

A surface low moved from northern Lake Huron to near Toronto during the late morning through early afternoon of the 29th. Simultaneously, the trailing cold front swept southeast from southern Lower MI to northwestern OH and central Lake Erie. Ahead of the cold front, clusters of multicell thunderstorms impacted northeast OH and produced damaging wind gusts in Ashtabula County. These storms encountered moderate instability, effective bulk shear, and DCAPE, respectively. Training storms over the c

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1004485). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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