Flash Flood — Roane, West Virginia

2001-05-22 · near Countywide, Roane, West Virginia

Event narrative

Streams overflowed and blocked county roads, plus city streets in Spencer. A 2 year old boy, playing outside at home, fell into swollen Dog Run, near Newton around 1700E. No one saw the boy fall in the stream. The stream was bankfull at the time, with no flooding at that site. The boy's body was found about 2 hours later.

Wider weather episode

Rains of 1 to 2 inches were widespread. The most significant flooding on this date, in terms of damage, was in southern Kanawha County. The Kanawha River crested, the second time this month, around 22.5 feet at Charleston, on the 23rd.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5245370. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.