Heavy Rain and Gale Force Winds Produce Flooding in NW Ohio
June 26-27, 2015
An intense low pressure system developed over the Southern Plains, in conjunction with an upper-level trough. This low pressure system developed much like a winter weather system, as the storm deepened as it progressed eastward. The upper-level low also became a closed-low, which is typical of a winter system. The slow movement of this system brought extremely heavy rain to northern Ohio with some locations in NW Ohio receiving up to 6” of rain in a 28 hour period. Several areas in Northwest Ohio were flooded due to excess rainfall and standing water was high in area ditches and fields. Homes in Avon Lake and Bay Village once again had flooding issues, as this area received another 2.5-3” of rain and did not fully recover from excessive rainfall from earlier in the week.
Winds were very strong with this system as it approached from the southwest. Gale force winds were recorded on portions of Lake Erie and strong northeast winds caused lakeshore flooding in Lucas, Ottawa, and Sandusky counties. Several trees and large branches fell with the strong winds and the high amounts of water that fell through the month of June.
Many rivers in northern Ohio flooded. The Cuyahoga River at Independence and the Portage River at Woodville both went into major flood. The Maumee River at Grand Rapids and Waterville approached 100 year flood levels and water entered businesses in the downtown district of Grand Rapids.
Local Storm Report Map Courtesy of the Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM) from Iowa State University.
Here are the Preliminary Storm Reports from June 26-27, 2015:
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 116 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 1159 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 W MILLBURY 41.56N 83.46W 06/27/2015 M5.82 INCH WOOD OH ASOS SINCE 9PM FRIDAY. 1159 PM HEAVY RAIN 10 WSW TOLEDO 41.61N 83.76W 06/27/2015 M3.45 INCH LUCAS OH ASOS SINCE 8PM FRIDAY. 1159 PM HEAVY RAIN HASKINS 41.46N 83.70W 06/27/2015 M3.71 INCH WOOD OH COCORAHS IN LAST 24 HOURS. 1159 PM LAKESHORE FLOOD PORT CLINTON 41.51N 82.94W 06/27/2015 OTTAWA OH BROADCAST MEDIA NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING ALONG PERRY STREET AND LAKESHORE DRIVE. 1159 PM FLOOD PORT CLINTON 41.51N 82.94W 06/27/2015 OTTAWA OH NEWSPAPER SEVERAL STATE ROUTES CLOSED ACROSS OTTAWA COUNTY. 1159 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 S FINDLAY 41.01N 83.64W 06/27/2015 M2.64 INCH HANCOCK OH OTHER FEDERAL 24 HOUR RAIN. 1159 PM HEAVY RAIN CLYDE 41.31N 82.98W 06/27/2015 M3.43 INCH SANDUSKY OH PUBLIC 24 HOUR RAIN. 1159 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG TOLEDO 41.66N 83.58W 06/27/2015 LUCAS OH BROADCAST MEDIA SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES AND BRANCHES DOWN ACROSS CITY. && $$ MITCHELL