Event narrative (NOAA)
Heavy thunderstorm rains fell on Lake County during the afternoon and evening hours of July 27th. Rainfall rates at times were in excess of three inches per hour. Rainfall totals through 10 p.m. ranged from 4 to 7 inches over much of the county. Runoff from this heavy rain caused widespread flooding and rapid rises in area streams and rivers. The Painesville area was especially hard hit by flooding. Street flooding began shortly after the rain did. By late afternoon roads throughout Lake County were under water. Over 120 children had to be evacuated from a day care center in Mentor around 4 p.m. after flood waters began to creep into the building. Nearly 3.5 inches of rain fell in Painesville by 4:30 p.m, and 6.5 inches fell in Mentor by 9 p.m. The flooding continued to gradually
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.