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Flood — Cuyahoga, OH

Sep 17, 2004

The remnants of Ivan moved across the Ohio Valley on September 17th. A stationary front extending northeast from the low caused heavy rains to develop and fall on most of northeastern Ohio from late on September 16th through the 17th. Rainfall totals for the storm included: 1.76 inches at Millersburg (Holmes County); 1.84 inches at Wooster (Wayne County); 2.50 inches at Cuyahoga Heights (Cuyahoga County); 2.91 inches at Macedonia (Summit County) and 3.84 inches at Wadsworth (Medina County).

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5423533). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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