Lakeshore Flood — Ashtabula Lakeshore, Ohio

2019-07-07 to 2019-07-08 · Ashtabula Lakeshore, Ohio

Event narrative

In Conneaut Lake flooding occurred at Midway Beach and adjacent roads of Lakeview Ave and side roads leading to the beach.

Wider weather episode

On the evening of July 7th a frontal boundary moved away from Lake Erie and inland across northeast Ohio. Dewpoints were in the lower to mid 70s with some deep midlevel moisture convergence during the afternoon hours. This became the focus for showers and thunderstorms development producing 3 to 6 inches of rain. These thunderstorms were slow movers with torrential rainfall rates exceeding 2 inches an hour, resulting in flash flooding.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 847048. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.