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Flash Flood — Harrison, WV

Jun 23, 2016

Multiple rounds of convection resulted in wind damage and flooding. Flash flooding on small streams turned into river flooding. A historic and record setting flood occurred along portions of the Elk and Gauley Rivers in central West Virginia. Less significant flooding occurred on the perimeter of the hardest hit area.||The initial convective complex developed during the evening hours of the 22nd near Chicago. The complex reached southeast Ohio just after 0000E on the 23d, while a surface warm

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 638304). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Harrison, WV

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