Feb 21, 2014
Temperatures warmed into the upper 50s on the evening of Thursday February 20th into the early morning hours of Friday the 21st. This brief thaw was accompanied by an average 0.5 of rainfall as a cold front moved through the region. The rain and warm temperatures caused an average of 0.75 to 1.0 inches of snowmelt to runoff into the rivers. The rising rivers caused ice to break up resulting in jams. Many reported jams did not produce any damage or flooding. Some ice jams were more significant an
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 491293). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Cuyahoga County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.