A line of thunderstorms on June 22-23, 2016, produced between 4 and 12 inches of rain in mountainous parts of eastern West Virginia and western Virginia, leading to devastating and fatal flooding in the Mountain State, as well as flooding in Virginia’s Alleghany Highlands. A major federal disaster declaration for West Virginia was issued on June 25. Following are several sources of information on the events.
Kevin Myatt, “Weather Journal” in The Roanoke Times: Train of storms triggered epic W.Va. flooding, Roanoke Times, 6/28/16; and Historic flooding in Alleghany Highlands, 6/24/16.
Charleston [W.Va.] Gazette-Mail, “2016 Flood,” online at http://www.wvgazettemail.com/
West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, online athttp://www.dhsem.wv.gov/Pages/
Federal Emergency Management Agency, “West Virginia Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (DR-4273),” online at https://www.fema.gov/disaster/
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Thursday, June 30, 2016
WV Flooding Information
Friday, June 24, 2016
Flooding limited to lower lattitudes
The North Branch in Cumberland showed almost no response to this week's storms that hit southern West Virginia particularly hard. However, the North Fork of the South Branch at Petersburg rose by 10-15X in just a few hours or so (although well below the Action Level), and that was largely replicated 14 hours later in Springfield.
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