Jul 5, 2015
Heavy rainfall developed across portions of the southern Appalachian mountains as clearing ahead of a slow-moving surface low over the Cumberland Gap allowed instabilities to rise into the 2000 J/Kg range along with good upper divergence. Developing storms and cell mergers produced rainfall rates of 1.5���/hr with totals up to 3-4��� in isolated storms. A Flash Flood Warning was issued for Mercer County at 737 PM EDT where radar had showed 1 to 2 inches of rain had fallen with more e
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 596831). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Mercer County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.