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Flash Flood — Logan, WV

May 15, 1996

Training showers and thunderstorms moved southeast acrosssouthern West Virginia overnight, along a warm frontalboundary. A rainfall of 2.5 to 3.5 inches was common inin 6 hours. Pineville and Mullens of Wyoming Countyhad 3.6 inches, Elkhorn of McDowell County had 3.2 inches,and Branchland of Lincoln County had 3.0 inches. Around400 people were evacuated in Logan County, about 100 inBoone County, and about 40 residents in Wayne County.A 57 year old woman from Whitman of Logan County diedwhen s

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5555480). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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