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Flash Flood — Gallia, OH

Jun 26, 2015

During the afternoon of the 26th, a low pressure system was organizing over the lower Ohio River. Meanwhile, ahead of that system, a frontal boundary stretched east through southern Ohio and central West Virginia. ||Thunderstorms formed along the frontal boundary in southern Ohio, with more widespread rain north of the front. One of the leading storms was severe as it moved east. Repetitive thunderstorms and showers affected Jackson, northern Gallia, and southern Meigs Counties for a few hou

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 574400). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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