Flash Flood — Stark, Ohio

2024-08-03 · near Greentown, Stark, Ohio

Event narrative

Multiple flooded roadways with several feet of standing water and some cars stranded. Reports of some roadways with flowing water over them. Some roads experiencing flooding include Whipple Avenue NW, Belden Village Street NW, and Mount Pleasant Street NW near I-77. Zimber Ditch in North Canton reached 4 feet around 10 AM EDT to the 9.5 foot flood stage at 12 PM EDT, cresting at 10.43 feet at 2:45 PM EDT. Radar estimated and gauge measured rainfall of 4 to 4.25 inches in a two to three hour period caused the flash flooding.

Wider weather episode

A slow moving cold front moved south into far northern Ohio before stalling during the morning hours of August 3rd, 2024, as weak low pressure moved east across the lower Great Lakes. Most of northeast Ohio remained in the warm sector, characterized by 1000 j/kg MLCAPE, precipitable water values near 1.75, slow storm motions due to a lack of deep layer shear. Thunderstorms developed during the morning hours ahead of the cold front, with slow moving and training storms producing efficient, heavy rainfall rates in the Akron-Canton region. Flash flooding was observed in Jackson Township in Stark County and in Ravenna in Portage County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1215015. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.