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Flash Flood — Crawford, OH

Aug 21, 2007

Moisture from the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin interacted with a stationary front to cause heavy rain producing thunderstorms over portions of northern Ohio. The thunderstorms trained across Wyanodot, Hancock, Crawford and Richland Counties during the early morning hours of August 21st. Catastrophic flooding occurred in all of these counties.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 54913). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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