Flash Flood — Marshall, West Virginia

2017-07-29 · near Mc Mechen, Marshall, West Virginia

$3.0M

Property damage

Event narrative

McMechen Fire Department has been destroyed. Most of the town is under water.

Wider weather episode

Unusually strong upper low for July dropped from the Great Lakes into western PA. A trowal/deformation zone set up over most of the area outside of southeast Ohio, producing torrential rainfall. Storm totals of 2 to 5 inches were common, with isolated higher totals over West Virginia. Hardest hit areas included Washington County, PA and Marion County, WV. Wheeling and Hundred WV also had major issues. Several water rescues took place in the aforementioned counties with disaster declarations in the city of Uniontown in Fayette county, PA and a federal disaster declaration in for most of northern West Virginia. Damage estimates for West Virginia alone approached $6 million dollars.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 716334. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.