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Flash Flood — Webster, WV

Jun 21, 2016

Scattered thunderstorms formed during the late morning and early afternoon across extreme southern Ohio, northern Kentucky, and central and southern West Virginia. This was in the muggy summer air, south of a slow moving cold front. The thunderstorms formed into a broken line by 1500E. A few cells pulsed to severe limits. A tornado even occurred over the mountainous terrain in eastern Nicholas County. Downpours were common. Closer to the surface front, a few additional cells formed in north

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 630850). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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