1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 15, 10:10 AM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1110 AM EDT SUN SEP 15 2002 UPDATED TO CLEAN UP WORDING AND CONTINUE LIKELY SHOWERS IN THE NORTHEAST. .CLE... OH...NONE. PA...NONE.
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:28 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms dumped up to three inches of rain in less than two hours causing widespread flooding in Ashtabula County. Several roads were washed out and many underpasses were also flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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