Jackson storm history

Flash flooding occurred in scattered locations, mostly in the northern half of the county. In Ravenswood, a small stream along Utah Road called Lick Run is usually ankle deep. It rose 6 feet. A 4 year old toddler slipped into the water. The grandfather jumped in, but could not re…

A SUV traveling northbound on Interstate 77 lost control on wet pavement and veered into the median. This occurred at mile marker 143 between Ripley and Ravenswood. The vehicle crashed through a cable median and into the southbound traffic. A pickup truck traveling south hit the …

Streams overflowed onto the usual low spots. Shortly after 0900E, a 79 year old man was heading back home after a church pancake breakfast. He was traveling down Copper Fork Road near Sandyville which is also Route 33/8. Water from Copper Fork had come out of the banks in an area…

Numerous trees and large branches were blown down. A construction canopy on the bridge across the Ohio River at Ravenswood collapsed, closing the structure. Electricity was lost to around 10,000 customers. Two homes were destroyed, 5 had major damage, and 6 others had minor damag…

A tree and adjacent power lines were blown down across Trace Fork Road south of Sandyville.

In Ravenswood, a tree blew down across the railroad tracks along Ravenswood Road near the Little Sandy Creek bridge.

In Kenna, a tree down blew down and blocked portions of Cunningham Road.

Flash flooding washed large logs and debris onto Middle Fork Road.

A tree fell onto power lines near Cedar Lakes Drive in Fairplain.

Grasslick Creek and Grasslick Run exceeded their banks, causing flooding along Homer Smith Road and other streets in the area. Some homes also flooded. 2.63 inches of rain fell between 515 and 615 PM.

Downed trees and power lines were observed along Parkersburg Road outside of Ripley.

In Ravenswood, a tree was blown down onto Brown Street. Down the road a few miles, another downed tree was draped across Old WV Route 56.

A large tree brought down power lines onto a local road in Jones Crossing.

Numerous trees were blown down onto Highland Farms Road near Kenna.

A tree was blown down onto a local road near Kentuck.

A water rescue was conducted on Middle Fork Road near Fisher Chapel due to high water from Middle Fork.

A tree entirely blocked Ravenswood Pike outside of Ripley.

In Crow Summit, trees blew down onto power lines and caused local power outages.

Much of the Kenna area was without power for a period of time due to tree and power line damage observed along Charleston Road.

Flooding and debris occurred on Greenhills Road near the Greenhills Golf Course.

Street flooding was observed within Parchment Valley.

Minor flooding was observed in the Fairplain area.

Minor flooding was observed within the county.

Multiple roads were flooded near Shamblin Run.

Liverpool Road was closed due to high water.

Route 21 near Fair Plain was flooded for a period of time as a result of Grasslick Run rising out of its banks.