The following events were reported: Flood. These occurred near station USW00014820, approximately 29.233 km away, between 2017-01-12 09:30:00 and 2017-01-13 13:00:00. The flood was caused by Heavy Rain. Thankfully, no injuries or fatalities were reported. The events caused property damage valued at 5000.0 and crop damage of 0.0. Episode Narrative: A surge of warm air with high moisture content moved into the region during the early morning hours of the 12th. Moderate to heavy rain showers developed over north central Ohio extending into northwest Pennsylvania with several locations receiving over an inch of rainfall. This first round of heavy rain waned by late morning, with light to moderate rainfall persisting through midday as temperatures climbed into the mid 60s. A secondary line of heavier rain, with isolated thunder and strong winds, developed early afternoon. This second line of showers produced around another inch to an inch and half of rain as it moved east. |The combination of two round of moderate to heavy rainfall and saturated to partially frozen top soils resulted in rapid runoff. Rivers across the region rose quickly following the first round of rainfall, but it was the contribution of the second round of rainfall that resulted in some rivers reaching moderate to major flood stages. Widespread flooding away from the mainstem rivers was common, though the damage to property was limited to basements and road closures in most instances. The flooding was limited to areas where rainfall totals exceeded 1.50���, with the hardest hit areas in Stark and Portage Counties in Ohio and Erie and Crawford Counties in Pennsylvania. Temperatures dropped during the evening of the 12th into the 30s and runoff gradually diminished. Rivers flooded portions of the Scioto, Mohican, Muskingum, Black, Cuyahoga, Mahoning River Basins as well as the French Creek in Pennsylvania. A surge of warm air with high moisture content moved into the region during the early morning hours of the 12th. Event Narrative: The Cuyahoga River just touched major flood stage of 18.5 feet at the Independence River during the evening hours of the 12th. Heavy rainfall of an inch to an inch and half fell over the Tinkers Creek and lower Cuyahoga River basin on the morning of the 12th. The lingering snowpack was minimal due to temperatures in the 50s the day before. However, the ground conditions were saturated and estimated to be partially frozen 2 deep. The main impact was to the Valley View area where there were numerous road closures. In past floods a stage of 18.5 feet would result in homes being cut off and some properties inundated. Due to flood mitigation work, the addition of an emergency access road, and variations from this event compared to past flood events in rainfall intensity resulted in no reports of property damage. Numerous road closures occurred across Portage County after around 2 inches of rainfall fell on January 12th. This rainfall, on top of partially frozen ground cover, caused widespread flooding. The hardest hit communities were Mantua, Shalersville, Garrettsville, Palmyra, Nelson, Suffield, and Deerfield. Flooding in Streetsboro cut off about 24 apartments. There was one washed out road, Coit Rd. in Shalersville Township.