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Flood — Portage, OH

Aug 5, 2005

Property Damage
$75K

A line of showers and thunderstorms dumped one to nearly three inches of rain on portions of Summit, Stark, Portage and Mahoning Counties. A spotter in Munroe Falls (Summit County) measured a total of 2.76 inches of rain between 3:30 and 6:30 a.m. 2.62 inches fell at Portage Lakes (Summit County) with 2.00 inches of rain at the Akron-Canton Airport (Summit County) and 1.70 inches of rain at Massillon (Stark County). Lowland and street flooding was reported in all four counties. A vehicle ove

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5472164). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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