Jul 8, 2015
Short lines of showers and thunderstorms formed in the humid air during the afternoon. This was well ahead of a cold front in northwest Ohio to southern portions of Indiana and Illinois. ||The front sank south into southern Ohio early on the 8th. Repetitive showers caused 1 to 1.5 inches of rain in about 3 to 4 hours during the predawn. This band of heavier rain was mostly from Cabell County on east and north through Putnam, northern Kanawha, southern Jackson, Roane, Calhoun, Braxton. norther
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 576872). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Roane County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.