Flash Flood in Wyandot County, Ohio
Flash Flood July 21, 2019 – July 22, 2019 · Wyandot County, Ohio
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Spring Branch Run in Eden Township washed away portion of Township Highway 136/Route 36. A motorists drove into the flood waters and the vehicle was swept approximately 100 years to the west where a passenger perished. One fatality reported at 1:20 AM from a vehicle driving into the washout.
The wider storm
Low pressure over west central Indiana moved slowly east in Ohio on the afternoon and evening of the 21st. The boundary slowed to a stationary front across central Ohio, becoming a catalyst for storm development. Rainfall rates of 2 to inches an hour occurred in the heaviest rainfall. The Weather Prediction Center highlighted an area along the US 30 corridor across central Ohio for a heightened risk of flash flooding. Thunderstorms increased in coverage and intensity around 4 PM lasting into the evening. Flash flooding occurred along a line from Wyandot to Mahoning Counties where rainfall amounts of 2 to 5 inches of rain fell.
Began near Beunquat (40.9113, -83.1395).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 846896. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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