Jul 7, 2019
On the evening of July 7th a frontal boundary moved away from Lake Erie and inland across northeast Ohio. Dewpoints were in the lower to mid 70s with some deep midlevel moisture convergence during the afternoon hours. This became the focus for showers and thunderstorms development producing 3 to 6 inches of rain. These thunderstorms were slow movers with torrential rainfall rates exceeding 2 inches an hour, resulting in flash flooding.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 847045). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Ottawa County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.