Apr 15, 2007
A prolong rain event began on Saturday morning the 14th. The rain was associated with a developing low pressure system over the southeastern United States. The storm eventually became a major coastal storm with widespread effects.|The rain amounts for the first 12 hours, or into Saturday evening, were on the order of a half inch to an inch. During Saturday night, the rain became more focused and persistent from the central mountains of West Virginia on south, into the southern coal fields. T
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 23153). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Nicholas County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.