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Flood — Hancock, OH

Apr 12, 2013

A quasi-stationary front over northern Ohio between the 10th and 13th brought one to three inches of rain to the region. The heaviest rain fell along and just south of the Ohio River Valley/Lake Erie watershed boundary with two to three inches of rain. As a result most of the central and eastern rivers remained in banks. The following rivers experienced flooding during this event: Scioto, Sandusky, Maumee, Portage, and the Killbuck Creek. The hardest hit basin was the Blanchard River (upstream o

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 449659). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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