Flooding Possible Wednesday In Northeast Ohio

CLEVELAND, OH — The remnants of tropical storm Alberto will move north this week. Heavy rainfall and thunderstorms could cause flooding in Cuyahoga County and much of Northeast Ohio, according to the National Weather Service. Residents that are near flood-prone areas should take whatever precautions they can.

"A very moist airmass will move northward from the Gulf of Mexico by Wednesday morning and persist into Friday. This will at least cause locally heavy rainfall to occur. We will continue to monitor for locations that will see excessive rainfall that would lead to flooding," the National Weather Service said in its hazardous weather outlook.

Rain is possible Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, according to current forecasts. By Saturday, the storm will have moved out of the area.

The rainfall on Wednesday night could amount to half an inch, or even higher in areas that get hit by a thunderstorm. Rainfall on Thursday and Friday should amount to a tenth of an inch or less, except in areas hit by thunderstorms.

Tropical storm Alberto made landfall in Florida last week. Alberto is expected to produce 2 to 6 inches of rain from Alabama to the western Great Lakes and from northern Florida to the mid Atlantic coast through Wednesday. Isolated maximum totals of 12 inches are possible over the Florida Panhandle and Alabama.

Alberto was the first named storm of the hurricane season, which doesn't officially start until Friday, June 1.

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