Flash Flood — Wyandot, Ohio

2019-07-21 to 2019-07-22 · near Beunquat, Wyandot, Ohio

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 846896. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.