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Flash Flood — Lorain, OH

Jul 10, 2013

A hot and humid airmass over the Ohio Valley was broken up on the 10th by a shortwave trough and a surface cold front that came moved through during the afternoon hours. Storms developed ahead of the cold front around noon, and ended with the exit of the cold front through northwest Pennsylvania around 7 pm. The humid and unstable airmass supported intense rainfall rates verified with reports of 0.75 in 15 minutes. These storms moved over an area that was already saturated from weeks of hit and

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 467787). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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