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Flash Flood — Cuyahoga, OH

Mar 29, 2020

A warm front over central Ohio on the morning of Saturday March 28, 2020 was the focus for several rounds of elevated thunderstorms through the early afternoon hours. The main area for these thunderstorms were the US 30 and I-76 corridors through the morning and early afternoon hours as storms remained parallel to the warm front and moved with the 850 mb jet. These storms well utilized the steep mid-level lapse rates and hail in excess of 2 inches fell over portions of Medina, Summit, and Portag

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 883374). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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