'Upwards of 2 inches': Hurricane Beryl will blast Ohio late Tuesday night through Thursday
Remnants of Hurricane Beryl are expected to reach Ohio late Tuesday night and dump 2 inches of rain on some areas.
"I would say it will be here about 24 hours," Brian Mitchell, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Cleveland, said Monday morning.
Beryl was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm after hitting the Texas coast.
The low-pressure system has been forecast to spread out as it goes through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
High winds will slow as the storm travels inland, but the thunder, lighting and rain will continue.
"The tropical characteristics of it kind of go away, but it's still a big low pressure system," Mitchell said. "Since it's coming from the Gulf of Mexico, it's just able to pull up all that moisture with it and bring it up into our area."
'Several rounds' of storms in Ohio as Beryl breaks apart
The first portions of Beryl likely will enter the southwestern area of Ohio around 10 p.m. Tuesday as the system travels northeast.
The edge of the storm is forecast to reach the I-71 corridor, leaving the eastern half of the Buckeye State relatively dry.
"That could shift a little bit further east or a little bit further west," Mitchell said. "Using I-71 as a dividing line, we’re going to see maybe an inch or so along 71, and west of there upwards of 2 inches."
The showers will continue until about 2 a.m. Thursday in some areas of Ohio.
"There could be several rounds as it moves up this way," Mitchell said. "There can be an area of showers and thunderstorms and then a break for a while before you see some more."
'The heaviest would be in Northwest Ohio'
The center of the storm is projected to cross a piece of Ohio as it travels from Indianapolis toward Detroit.
"The heaviest would be in Northwest Ohio," Mitchell said. "From Marion and Upper Sandusky, on north of there."
Various models show the storm could take a slightly different path after making contact with other North American pressure systems.
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