Flash Flood, Greenbrier
- When
- June 19, 5:30 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greenbrier County, Lewisburg
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 37.947, -80.453 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 19, 1996
Flash flooding damaged roads, swept a vehicle off a road and damaged homes and businesses in Lewisburg.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
Thunderstorms during the evening hours on the 19th produced very heavy rainfall in Greenbrier County.Flash flooding damaged roads, swept a vehicle off a road and damaged homes and businesses in Lewisburg.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:31 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 19, 1996
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 19, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 19, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, June 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 19 to 20, 1996
- Flooding in Iowa, June 19 to 26, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 19, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, June 19, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, June 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 19, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5551498.