KINGSVILLE, Ohio — Tracy Sprague has lived in Kingsville Township for more than 40 years.
She says on a typical rainy day in the summer, the back of her home would be just wet grass and a small creek. However, after nonstop rain Wednesday afternoon, she and her husband's back yard is filled with water and an overflowing creek.
The road behind Sprague's home has barriers placed to block drivers from certain parts of the street, but the rain overflowed a culvert and washed out the road.
"It rained all day, but about 3 o'clock, I came out her and I heard the roaring," she told 3News before pointing to her home. "As I came over to the edge — because I can see from up there — I looked down and I couldn't even believe it."
Sprague says, at one point, she saw her neighbors being rescued because they couldn't make it out to the road from their home due to the water. She is now working to clear the debris, some of which is from her neighbors across the street that made it to her backyard.
"That looks like a generator over in there, and some of his boat stuff is through there," she mentioned. "We'll all pick it all up and give it back to him."
The next big task for Sprague and her husband is getting their cars to safety.
"He's parked on the other side so he can get to work, but I don't know how we can get our other vehicles out," she admitted.
Despite her circumstances, she then laughed, and spoke of another way out if all else fails.
"I've got a little electric bike," she said, with a smile. "I don't know how many groceries I can on there."
Ashtabula County was under a tornado warning for part of Wednesday. The National Weather Service has yet to confirm if any twisters touched down.