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Flash Flood — Van Wert, OH

Jul 10, 2017

Synoptic quasi-stationary boundary was located across the forecast area, initially across northern parts during the morning and then sagging south as an upper level wave moved into the region during the late afternoon and evening hours. A morning complex of storms caused sporadic wind damage as well as some areal flooding. Subsidence behind the system kept any further development of storms limited until the approach of the wave. This wave, combined with the front and instability advected in from

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 716456). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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