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Flash Flood — Jackson, OH

May 10, 2011

Repetitive showers and thunderstorms, moved southeast through western Vinton County, Jackson County, and western and central portions of Lawrence County between 1500E and 1830E on Tuesday, the 10th. This convection was just northeast of the surface warm front. A sharp dew point gradient existed along the front. Surface dew points were around 70 degrees just southwest of the boundary. Luckily, later that same evening, repetitive convection occurred in the Scioto River Valley, missing this are

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 299374). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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