Flash Flood — Lucas, Ohio

2024-06-26 · near Toledo, Lucas, Ohio

Event narrative

Widespread flooded roadways across East Toledo and Oregon, including Front Street near Steel Street, where several feet of water on the road left vehicles stranded in floodwaters. Radar estimated 2.5 inches in one hour, and upwards of 3-3.5 inches in a 2 to 3 hour period. A CoCoRaHS rain gauge measurement in East Toledo reported a storm total rainfall amount of 3.30 inches, which matches radar estimates from the area.

Wider weather episode

A cold front drifted southeastward from central Lake Huron, southern Lower MI, and northwestern IN to southern ON, southeastern Lower MI, far-northwestern OH, and northern IN during the late morning through early evening of the 26th. The front was preceded by a warm and humid sector comprised of weak to moderate MUCAPE and DCAPE, respectively, and moderate to strong effective bulk shear in northern OH. Scattered to numerous multicell thunderstorms and a supercell developed along and especially ahead of the front. These storms produced isolated straight-line convective wind damage. Some of these intense storms trained and produced excessive rainfall, which led to flash flooding across the Toledo metro area and in the Ashtabula area.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1200306. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.