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Flash Flood — Seneca, OH

Jul 1, 2013

A line of thunderstorms with high rainfall rates produced flash flooding in the city of Tiffin. Coming off a near record wet June, the saturated ground could not hold the volume of runoff produced by an estimated 2 to 3 inches within an hour and a half. Flooding was confined to the urban portions of Tiffin with only nuisance flooding along some county roads outside of the city.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 450440). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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