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Similarly, the front was the focus for thunderstorm development, and the precipitation continued moving over the same areas, leading to extended periods of heavy rainfall. Approximately 1,000,000 homes lost electricity due to the storms. [1] Runoff from the heavy rain also caused river flooding to the south of the affected areas.
The Ohio River at Cairo is 281,500 cu ft/s (7,960 m 3 /s); [1] and the Mississippi River at Thebes, Illinois, which is upstream of the confluence, is 208,200 cu ft/s (5,897 m 3 /s). [66] The Ohio River flow is greater than that of the Mississippi River, so hydrologically the Ohio River is the main stream of the river system.
Central and southwestern Indiana was particularly hard hit by flooding along the Ohio River and its tributaries; damages were expected to make the flooding the costliest disaster in the history of the state. Starting on June 4, 2008, rain soaked parts of south-central Indiana, leading to initial floods in and around Bloomington. Additional rain ...
During the spring, several weather stations set records for the lowest monthly total precipitation and the longest interval between measurable precipitation, for example, 55 days in a row without precipitation in Milwaukee. During the summer, two record-setting heatwaves developed, similar to those of 1934 and 1936.
What are the rainfall totals in Columbus, Cincinnati and Akron-Canton for April 2? Ohio's capital received 2.05 inches of rain on Tuesday, a new record for April 2, according to the National ...
The center of the storm became stationary over Thrall, dropping a storm total of 39.7 inches (1,010 mm) of rain in 36 hours. [24] The 24-hour rainfall total ending 7 AM on September 10, 1921 (38.2 inches) at a U.S. Weather Bureau station in Thrall remains the national official 24-hour rainfall record.
Heavy rainfall brought flash flooding to areas of central Ohio on August 17.These videos taken by April-Mae McFarland in Reynoldsburg show floodwaters washing debris down a residential street.The ...
The NWS has issued a lake-effect snow warning for seven Northeast Ohio counties—Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Portage, Summit and Trumbull—from 4 p.m. Wednesday to 4 a.m. Friday as a strong arctic ...