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Flash Flood — Summit, OH

May 25, 2020

Scattered showers and thunderstorms occurred during the afternoon and early evening of the 25th, originally triggered by a lake breeze boundary. These showers and storms occurred in a moderately-unstable air mass with moderate to strong DCAPE. Limited wind shear supported slow moving storms with moderate to heavy rainfall. One storm with heavy rain produced localized flash flooding in the town of Peninsula. A separate storm produced straight-line wind damage in Chatfield.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 890766). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Summit, OH

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