The following events were reported: Flash Flood, Flood, Hail, Thunderstorm Wind, Tornado. These occurred near station USW00014820, approximately 30.6489 km away, between 2011-05-25 16:38:00 and 2011-05-26 22:00:00. The events included records with hailstones measuring 14.586206896551724 inches. The flood was caused by Heavy Rain. Thankfully, no injuries or fatalities were reported. The events caused property damage valued at 1093000.0 and crop damage of 0.0. Episode Narrative: Between May 25th and May 26th heavy rainfall occurred as a warm front lifted north across the area. A strong southerly flow, ahead of a cold front, transported very moist air through Tennessee, Kentucky and into Ohio on the 25th. Surface dew points were in the 60s. Wave after wave in the mid and upper levels helped trigger widespread showers, with embedded thunderstorms. High rainfall rates of over an inch per hour occured with the stronger storms, resulting in widespread flood warnings across Northern Ohio. The showers continued into the evening hours, and then reformed early on the 26th. By this point the ground was saturated and streams and creeks were running high. Additional storms compounded lingering flooding conditions, necessitating a second round of widespread flood warnings. Numerous state and local routes in the area were closed because of the quickly rising and flowing water. Between May 25th and May 26th heavy rainfall occurred as a warm front lifted north across the area. Event Narrative: Thunderstorms produced a measured wind gust of 60 mph. Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree branches. Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree and several large tree branches. The downed tree fell onto a home and destroyed the porch. Penny to quarter sized hail was observed. Penny sized hail was observed. Thunderstorms with high rainfall rates of over an inch per hour moved into northern and eastern portions of Medina County. Rainfall totals on the 25th were over 3 inches in portions of the county, most of which fell within an hour and a half. Several roads were flooded, including a section of I-71. Hadcock Road in Brunswick was flooded by Healey Creek, which overflowed its banks and washed a vehicle into the creek. Multiple thunderstorms move over Lorain County between the 25th and 26th of May. The storms on the 25th saturated the ground, allowing for rapid runoff from storms on the 26th. A storm moved over Lorain County late on the 26th with rainfall rates over an inch per hour. Numerous roads were flooded and several were closed. In the hardest hit city of Lorain there was waist deep flooding in Gulf Street and Ohio Street near the elementary school. Thunderstorm winds downed numerous large trees onto power lines across the area. Police reported a transformer on fire and wide spread power outages. Quarter size hail was observed. Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. Thunderstorms produced a swath of quarter sized hal. Local media reported that thunderstorm winds damaged roofs and gutters on a few industrial buildings. Thunderstorm winds caused damage across Lake County. A couple buildings sustained damage in East Lake. Roads had to be closed because of fallen trees in Lake Township, Madison Township and also in the city of Mentor. Numerous other trees were reported down across the county. Quarter sized hail was observed. In Elyria, water several feet deep was reported over Poplar and Olive Streets. Thunderstorms with efficient rainfall rates moved over Cuyahoga County. Doppler Radar estimated over two inches of rainfall withing 75 minutes fell over portions of the county. Olmsted Falls experienced widespread flooding as streams downtown overflowed their banks. Water several feet deep was reported over Cook Road in the northern portion of town. Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail. Strong thunderstorms with hail and heavy rain moved over Lorain County. The town of Pittsfield had high water on several roads most notably Quarry Road and Russia Road where depths were near waist deep in spots. Doppler Radar estimated over 2.5 in this area over 2 hours. Strong thunderstorms with rain, wind, and hail moved over portions of Lorain County. Rainfall rates approaching two inches per hour were reported with this storm. Flooding occurred in Oberlin with several roads impassable with water up to the hoods on cars. A line of thunderstorms tracked across the county, producing a swath of nickel to quarter size hail. Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail as they tracked across Cuyahoga County. Thunderstorms produced a swath of nickel to quarter size hail as they tracked across the county. Locations impacted by the hail included Westlake, Rocky River, and Lakewood. A swath of large hail fell across Erie County. Golf ball to hen egg size hail fell from the Sandusky area east across the Milan area to near Birmingham. Hundreds of vehicles and many homes were damaged by the hail. Thunderstorms with torrential rainfall with rates as high as 1.5 per hour moved over northern Ohio. Doppler radar estimated around two inches over Summit County. The rapid runoff resulted in flooding of several roads, including RT 224 and 277 in Akron. Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees. Some homes were damaged as a result of the downed trees. Thunderstorms produced a swath of quarter to ping pong ball size hail. Numerous vehicles in the area were damaged as a result of the large hail. An EF0 tornado touched down in Fairlawn and traveled northeast for over four miles before lifting for good near Cuyahoga Falls. The damage survey suggested that the tornado may not have been in contact with the ground for much of the path length which was no more than 50 yards in width. Only intermittent damage was observed and it is likely that some of this was caused by straight line winds. Most of the damage was from fallen trees but some buildings were also damaged. A church in Fairlawn lost it's roof and several buildings sustained roof damage in downtown Cuyahoga Falls. Dozens of trees were either uprooted or snapped by the tornado. Several witnesses reported seeing a tornado in contact with the ground. Torrential thunderstorms moved over western Medina County on the 25th with rainfall rates around 1.5 inches per hour. Runoff from this excessive rainfall caused portions of Interstate 71 northbound to flood just north of State Route 83. It was impassable to cars and was closed for a short while.