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Flash Flood — Boyd, KY

Jul 30, 2011

Thunderstorms developed in the mid to late afternoon generally south of the Interstate 64 corridor. With the weak flow aloft, the weaker storms rained themselves out. A stronger elongated cluster of storms developed across Lawrence County in Kentucky and extended into Wayne County in West Virginia. New storms then formed on the northern and northwestern fringes, as the original batch of storms weakened. The new elongated cluster affected Boyd County in Kentucky and northern Wayne County in

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 323265). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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