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Flood — Miami, OH

Dec 22, 2013

Low pressure drew an unseasonably warm and moist air mass across the region. Convection organized ahead of the low and brought heavy rainfall and damaging winds to the area from the evening of the 21st into the morning of the 22nd. Some of the flooding lingered into December 25th.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 489914). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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