2 Inches Of Rain Possible In Avon Area

AVON, OH — As Hurricane Nate made landfall near New Orleans, after being downgraded to a tropical depression, the remnants of the storm reached toward Northeast Ohio. The National Weather Service is predicting that up to two inches of rain could fall in Lorain County, with rainfall continuing through Columbus Day.

Showers are expected to continue Sunday night through Monday. However, only a quarter of an inch of new rain is possible on Columbus Day.

The chance of rain on Monday is 60 percent, the NWS says. (To stay up to date on these stories, subscribe to the Patch Avon-Avon Lake newsletter. As news breaks and the story develops, you will be the first to receive updates from Patch.)

The rain is expected to taper off at about 10 a.m. on Monday. Showers could return Tuesday night, with rain possible through Wednesday evening.

The Lorain County alert system distributed a message Sunday night warning residents who own homes with sewer backup-prone basements to prepare as best as possible.

The slight drop in temperatures and rainfall is likely connected to Hurricane Nate. The fast-moving hurricane weakened overnight and was downgraded to a tropical storm and later a tropical depression after making landfall in Louisiana and Mississippi. The fourth named storm in a busy hurricane season, Nate lacked some of the power of previous storms Harvey, Irma and Maria, but still fueled storm surges of 4 and 5 feet along several Gulf Coast cities in Mississippi and southern Alabama, where it threatened tornadoes.

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