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Flood — Belmont, OH

Sep 8, 2004

At 340 PM EDT on the 8th, Neffs was flooded by Big McMahon and Little McMahon Creeks. At 4 PM, flooding began in Colerain; school busses stranded. At 445 PM, Pine Creek flooded Shadyside. 549 PM, Rte 147 flooded at Bailey Mills; Rte 40 flooded Bannock. 6 PM, Lafferty flooded. 609 PM, Rte 149 flooded Glencoe. 650 PM, CR 2 flooded Yorkville. 655 PM, Bethesda flooded. 720 PM, Lansing evacuations. 816 PM, road washed away in Dilles Bottom. 854 PM, 100 homes flooded in Wolfhurst. 914 PM, cars and bui

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5422571). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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