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Flash Flood — Grant, WV

Aug 9, 1998

An area of strong to thunderstorms, producing abundant rainfall, formed near the Allegheny highlands of Grant county during the evening. Initially, thunderstorms moving over the same areas of northern Grant Co produced very heavy rainfall. Doppler radar estimated that more than 2 inches of rain fell in 2 hours. Spotters and law enforcement across the county reported between 0.95 and 4 1/2 inches of rain with the storm. One individual cell developed over Petersburg, producing a variety of wea

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5665223). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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