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Flash Flood — Lawrence, OH

Mar 4, 1997

Showers and thunderstorms dumped 4 to 9 inches of rain across southeast Ohio from the predawn hours of Saturday, the 1st, through the morning hours of Monday, the 3rd. The heaviest rain rates were on Saturday and Saturday night, with a lull in the rain during Sunday, the 2nd. The early Saturday downpours were concentrated across the extreme south, lifting north, into the Hocking and lower Muskingum Valleys late Saturday. The early Monday rains, contributed little to the overall damage, but ke

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5594207). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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