Flash Flood, Cabell
- When
- June 23, 12:15 AM EST to 3:30 AM EST
- Where
- Cabell County, Northern Half
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $700,000
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -82.242 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 23, 1996
Major small stream flooding occurred after a second roundof thunderstorms, within 18 hours, dumped about 2 inches ofrain in an hour. A 24 year old woman drowned when her carwashed into Lower Creek, north of Milton.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $700,000
- 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 RLX wrote it up.
Major small stream flooding occurred after a second roundof thunderstorms, within 18 hours, dumped about 2 inches ofrain in an hour. A 24 year old woman drowned when her carwashed into Lower Creek, north of Milton. The woman got out of the car, but she was swept away. Her body was found about a mile downstream. Private bridges, farm equipment, 15 homes, and about 15 vehicles were damaged or destroyed. At least one mobile home floated off its foundation. A family of4 escaped their mobile home along Jenkins Creek near Dudley Gapby wading through waist deep water. The water had risen uptothe glass on their sliding doors before they awoke. Johns Branch, Kilgore Creek, and Mill Creek were a few of theother streams that flooded.
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:12 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, Cabell | 1996-06-23 | 24 | Female | In Water | Direct |
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
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- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 23, 1996
- Tornado in Indiana, June 23, 1996
- Tornado in Washington, June 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 23, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, June 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 23, 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: 5559242.