Flash Flood in Ashtabula County, Ohio

Extensive road flooding in the Kingsville and North Kingsville areas, including OH-84 and OH 193 which were closed due to flooding. Fox Road east of OH-84 closed due to a washed out road culvert due to flooding. A few reports of basement flooding as well. Radar estimated 4 to 5.5 inches of rainfall in a 1.5 to 3 hour period.

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.