Sep 3, 2003
An area of showers and thunderstorms moved through the Eastern Panhandle during the evening of the 3rd. Two to four inches of rain fell across northern Berkeley County. Eleven roads were closed by flooding, including Hedgesville Road and Williamsport Pike. Dry Run overflowed into the basement of the Fairlawn Gardens apartment complex in Martinsburg, rendering the utilities unusable. Twenty-three people had to be evacuated from the building and put up in a local shelter until the damage could be
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5335311). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Berkeley County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.