Jun 27, 2006
A stalled frontal system and a southeast tropical feed of moisture caused 3 day rain totals, from Saturday the 24th to 1800E on Tuesday the 27th, of 2.5 to 6.7 inches in Pocahontas and Randolph Counties. This was on the western fringe of a much larger event along the Mid Atlantic states. Automatic gauges on Brushy Mountain and at Woodrow in Pocahontas County had around 6.7 inches of rain for the event. Some of the heavier rain totals from cooperative observers were 6.5 inches at Snowshoe, 5.3
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5505264). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Webster County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.