Heavy Rain in Monroe County, West Virginia

Heavy Rain June 19, 2020 – June 20, 2020 · Monroe County, West Virginia

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The CoCoRaHS station at Alderson 0.8 SSW (WV-MR-2) recorded 2.24 inches for the 24-hour period ending at 700 AM on the 20th, but most of the rain fell in roughly 50 minutes on the afternoon of of the 19th. Significant flash flooding was reported in the area.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Wolf Creek (37.7153, -80.6481).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 901532. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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