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Flood — Richland, OH

Jul 8, 2013

Another day of heavy rain moved into Ohio bringing localized areas of 2 to 3 inches of rain. Runoff from these mainly afternoon and evening storms fell on saturated soils and caused the rivers and streams and streams to rise. Though the flooding was fairly widespread, most of the flooding was on roadways where it quickly receded. No homes were inundated and property damage was minimal.||A weak tornado touched down in Seneca County near Kansas. This tornado damaged a couple of buildings.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 460343). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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