News: Lorain County gets hit hard on Thursday

By WKYC Reporter Obie Shelton

LORAIN COUNTY -- As we wait to see what the latest round of stormy weather dishes out---folks in Lorain County are still cleaning-up after Thursday's severe weather.

Nearly the entire viewing area was put under Severe Thunderstorm Warnings over the course of the afternoon and early evening. But in Lorain County, residents say it appears the storms were more concentrated especially for people living in Wellington and Lorain.

According to the NOAA National Weather Forecast Office in Cleveland, storm damage reports from the Lorain County Emergency Management Agency put rainfall amounts from the storm at 3.63 inches of rain. The rain fell so intensely that it literally "scoured" the soil away from roots causing trees to topple.

Greenwood Cemetery reported two trees down.

The flash floods created by the torrential rains have left some roads still closed in the southern portion of Lorain County. Rising creek waters along Cemetery Road washed out the pavement in one spot.

The National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning through Saturday morning for the Black River at Elyria. Minor flooding is reported and is expected until the river crests later this evening.