Flood — Pocahontas, West Virginia

2020-04-30 · near Huntersville, Pocahontas, West Virginia

Event narrative

Along Knapps Creek, the gage in Huntersville showed the creek rose above its nine foot bankfull level in the late morning hours of the 30th. The creek rose to 9.59 feet before returning to its banks later on that evening. Farmland, fields and out buildings next to Knapps Creek and Browns Creek started to flood during this time.

Wider weather episode

Low pressure and an adjoining surface cold front crossed through West Virginia on the last day of April. Excessive rainfall amounts due to heavy downpours and training thunderstorms resulted in a rise along the creeks and rivers along the northeast West Virginia mountains. These water bodies returned to their banks late on the 30th, but did result in minor flooding before doing so.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 883010. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.