May 2, 2016
As the calendar was flipped from April to May, widespread showers occurred during the overnight hours. The showers were heaviest in the southern coal field counties of West Virginia. Rain amounts of 1.5 to 2.25 inches occurred by 0800E. This caused minor flash flooding in a few vulnerable locations.||In the afternoon heating, with temperatures in the mid and upper 70s and dew points in the lower 60s, instability increased. New convection formed after 1400E in northern Kentucky and moved east
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 622323). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in McDowell County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.