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Flash Flood — Stark, OH

Jun 16, 2018

Property Damage
$75K
Flood Cause
Heavy Rain

The airmass over northern Ohio on the 16th of June was anomalously warm and moist. Dew points were in the lower 70s. Unorganized convection developed primarily along an outflow boundary along the US 30 corridor from Mansfield east. The storm activity remained under severe limits, one slow moving storm was able to produce torrential rainfall over the town of Louisville in Stark County. Flash flooding resulted from this rainfall.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 752932). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Stark, OH

This event is one of many recorded floods in Stark County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

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