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 638310). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Ritchie County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.