Jun 27, 2015
An unusually deep low for late June moved through the Ohio Valley with a slow-moving front triggering scattered to numerous thunderstorms across southeast West Virginia. Easterly flow into the mountains enhanced the upslope component of rainfall and high precipitable waters made for some very efficient rainfall processes. Radar estimates of rainfall showed 2.5 to 3 inches, with isolated 4-inch amounts that fell in about 3 to 4 hours along an east-west axis near Alvon, mainly in the Anthony Creek
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 574795). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Greenbrier County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.