2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:31 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Wirkwire Run and Laurel Run flooded 3 homes. The sheriff department reported one elderly woman was evacuated by boat along Wirkwire Run. A rain gauge near Laurel Run measured 3.5 inches of rain in about 4 hours.
Buffalo and Rum Creeks flooded roads and residential property. A rain gauge near Crites measured 3.2 inches of rain in less than 3 hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, June 1997
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: 5604968, 5604969.