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Flash Flood — Pocahontas, WV

May 12, 2010

A nearly staitonary front was across southeast Ohio and northern West Virginia. During the afternoon and early evening, repetitive showers and thunderstorms moved west to east in West Virginia. A spotter reported 2.5 inches of rain in Sissonville of northern Kanawha County. On Black Mountain in Pocahontas County, 2.3 inches fell in less than 3 hours. Amounts of around 2 inches likely fell just southwest of Oak Hill in Fayette County.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 228676). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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