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Flood — Hancock, OH

Sep 27, 2011

A cut off upper level low over northern Indiana brought multiple days of rain to northern Ohio. Occassionally the system would tap into some warm and moist gulf air which increase the rainfall rates to over an inch per hour. On the 26th a band of heavier rain showers trained over northwest Ohio bringing a swath of one to three inches of rainfall over six hours. The antecedent ground conditions were saturated from the last several rain events, so this additional rainfall in a relatively short per

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 337444). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Hancock, OH

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