Apr 23, 2017
Multiple waves of low pressure brought a prolonged period of rainy weather from the 20th into the 24th. This caused a slow rise on creeks and streams across Southern West Virginia. On the 23rd, one to two inches of rain fell through the afternoon and evening, finally pushing some creeks and streams out of their banks. Periods of rainfall continued overnight before drier weather arrived and flooding subsided around daybreak on the 24th.||The Bradshaw Gage on the Dry Fork River crested just above
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 681935). 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.