Flash Flood — Hancock, West Virginia

2023-07-02 · near Kings Creek, Hancock, West Virginia

Event narrative

A creek along North 12th Street was reported to be out of its banks.

Wider weather episode

Rainfall during the previous day, plus during the morning of July 2nd, kept the ground saturated. An early afternoon break in rainfall was followed by additional thunderstorm development in western and central Ohio by late afternoon. These storms took advantage of an environment containing 1500 J/kg of surface-based CAPE, along with marginal sufficient deep shear of 30 knots to create severe thunderstorms with a number of wind damage reports in Ohio. Only single reports of wind damage and flash flooding were received from Hancock County in West Virginia.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1121156. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.