Flash Flood, Lorain
- When
- June 25, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Lorain County, Elyria
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 41.453, -82.151 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Ohio, June 25, 1996
A car stalled at the crossing ford in Elyria Cascade Park. A woman and two children walked to the riverbank after which the water rose very quickly to three feet and engulfed the car.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
A car stalled at the crossing ford in Elyria Cascade Park. A woman and two children walked to the riverbank after which the water rose very quickly to three feet and engulfed the car. The water level was attributed to rain storms in the southern part of the city the day before.
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 25 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:28 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5562504.