July 11, 2006 Ohio Tornadoes and Flooding

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On the evening of July 11, 2006, two tornadoes were confirmed in Carlisle, Ohio and Miami township in west central Ohio. Damage occurred with mainly F1 tornado damage. A tornado may have briefly touched down in Franklin township in Warren County.

Flooding was also occurring in the Toledo-Lucas County area and several other areas in northwest Ohio. Warnings and flood advisories were issued for several counties by the National Weather Service in Wilmington, Northern Indiana, and Cleveland (which are offices formed by the National Weather Service who forecast weather for areas in Ohio).

[edit] Southwestern Ohio tornadoes

Tornado in Maineville, Ohio (Warren County)

Ohio The tornado warning was issued by the NWS-Wilmington Office in for Montgomery County (southeastern) until 8:15 p.m [1]. The warning stated that storm spotters spotted a tornado near the Dayton Mall and that radar indicated that the tornado producing storm was located near Woodbourne-Hyde Parkand and nearly stationary.

There was structural damage to some building that were part of the Dayton Mall. Several trees were were down in addition to the building damage. Maineville, Ohio possibly reported a tornado or a funnel-like cloud. The picture is posted to the right of the possibility of a tornado.

[edit] Northwestern Ohio flooding

Streets in Toledo flooded after heavy rainfall in the Northwestern Ohio area.

It was a warm and humid day with partial hazy sunshine through the midday hours followed by gradual increasing cloudiness. An area of showers and scattered thunderstorms moved slowly east through northwest and north-central Ohio during the afternoon and gradually fizzled out as additional scattered thunderstorms developed during the peak heating hours over northeast Ohio. During the evening, showers and isolated thunderstorms were becoming more numerous over northern Ohio and a wet night is anticipated. A Flash Flood Watch was in effect on the evening of July 11 and Wednesday for the central highland and northeast inland counties of Ohio. Flood warnings are in effect for southern Richland and southern Ashland counties due to excessively heavy rainfall that occurred in these areas. (6 to 7 inches of rain was reported in some locations of these counties July 10).^{[citations needed]}