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Flood — Harrison, WV

Apr 19, 2011

On Tuesday the 19th, a strong east to west front stretched from north central West Virginia on across extreme southern Ohio near the Ohio River.||Rounds of showers and thunderstorms moved into southeast Ohio around 0200E, reaching into the northern half of West Virginia by dawn on the 19th. The rain was its heaviest during the mid morning into the early afternoon. The rain diminished by mid and late afternoon, as the front lifted north. By mid afternoon, rain amounts of 1.5 to 2.0 inches were

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 288782). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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