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Flood — Lawrence, OH

Jul 15, 2015

Showers and thunderstorms formed during the evening hours on the 12th. A weak low pressure was over southern Ohio. Minor flash flooding occurred in Jackson County.||After a lull in the rain during the morning into the early afternoon on the 13th, a mesoscale convective complex moved southeast through southern Ohio during the mid and late afternoon.||After another lull during the evening, more thunderstorms formed by late evening on the 13th in southeast Ohio. These moved southeast and caused

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 578792). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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