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Flood — Hancock, WV

Jun 2, 2010

As a cold front moved southeast across the upper Ohio Valley, scattered severe thunderstorms developed across eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia. A supercell thunderstorm produced an EF1 tornado in Carroll and Jefferson counties in Ohio, with numerous reports of wind damage and hail up to golf ball size elsewhere. Flooding of streams and creeks also occurred over western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and the northern panhandle of West Virginia.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 230216). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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