May 12, 2014
On the evening of May 12th a warm front tracking north over Lake Erie, reversed itself and moved back inland over northern Ohio. An organized convective complex with embedded supercells developed over north-central Ohio. Two confirmed tornadoes, one in Medina and the other in Lorain Counties, developed within this supercells. The slow movement of the storms combined with intense rainfall rates produced destructive flash floods across dozens of communities.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 510242). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Portage County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.