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Flash Flood — Braxton, WV

Jun 28, 1998

Three consecutive nights of thunderstorms left western and northern counties with wind damage and flooding. The first night was from Friday evening, the 26th, into early Saturday morning, the 27th. The convection on the second and third nights was further south than the first night, hitting the Parkersburg to Charleston corridor the hardest. Total rains were 6 to 10 inches across portions of Wood, Jackson, and northern Kanawha Counties, with 5 inches further northeast, into the Middle Island

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5658498). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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