Mar 5, 2015
A wet period began early on the 4th as a complex series of disturbances lifted northeast through the Ohio Valley pushing a slow-moving cold front across the area. Rainfall ending 0700 EST on March 4th was confined to the northwestern mountains with amounts to that time from 0.25 to 0.75 inches. Stream gages across parts of the western New and Greenbrier basins were rising rapidly during the overnight and early morning hours of March 4th. The wet soils and rapid snowmelt were strong contributors
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 567868). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Giles County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.