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Flood — Perry, OH

Jan 15, 2007

Three day rain totals, along a front, reached into the 2 to 2.25 inch range across Perry and Morgan Counties. Small streams overflowed across northern portions of Perry County. The small streams in the Jonathan and Painter Creek basins flooded and closed roads. In Morgan County, the creeks feeding into the swollen Muskingum River flooded. Again, roads were flooded and closed. No evacuations were required in either county.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 7821). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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