Flash Flood — Pleasants, West Virginia

2019-07-06 · near Eureka, Pleasants, West Virginia

Event narrative

McElroys Run flooded, closing a section of Route 2 southwest of Belmont.

Wider weather episode

A slow moving cold front moved through the middle Ohio River Valley on the 6th and 7th. Storms along and ahead of the front produced localized damaging winds and flash flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 835782. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.