Flash Flood — Summers, West Virginia

2020-06-18 · near Pence Spgs Hinton Ar, Summers, West Virginia

Event narrative

Buggy Branch was well out of its banks and flooding the Pence Springs Flea market off Route 12/3.

Wider weather episode

A broad closed off upper low drifted across South Carolina and northwest back into southwest Virginia and West Virginia bringing persistent rainfall that eventually led to flooding. There were repeated rounds of heavy rainfall with widespread amounts of 2 to 5 inches. The most notable rainfall was a fairly localized thunderstorm near Alderson, WV that caused severe flash flood damage on the afternoon of June 17th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 901499. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.