Event narrative (NOAA)
Major flooding occurred in Hancock county starting on July 13 and lasting through the 15th. Three to locally five inches of rain fell during the early morning hours of July 13th producing widespread overland flooding, localized flash flooding, and shortly thereafter significant river flooding on the Blanchard River and tributaries Eagle and Lye Creeks. |The week prior to this event had been wetter than normal with a minor flooding event on the Eagle Creek near Findlay. Rainfall over the prior few days saturated the top soil with standing water in many locations across northern and northwest Ohio, rivers and creeks remained above normal. The environment for the 13th were supportive of heavy rain. The WFO CLE issued a Flash Flood Watch for the area on Wednesday July 12 at 3 pm in effect for
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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.