Flash Flood, Greenbrier
- When
- August 2, 3:20 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greenbrier County, Leslie
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.947, -80.453 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in West Virginia, August 2, 2000
Heavy thunderstorm rains caused Meadow Creek to flood parts of US Route 20 from Leslie to Quinwood. Runoff from the rain also flooded parts of Leslie and Quinwood with up to 5 inches of water in the Quinwood City Hall.
Where it happened
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- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
Heavy thunderstorm rains caused Meadow Creek to flood parts of US Route 20 from Leslie to Quinwood. Runoff from the rain also flooded parts of Leslie and Quinwood with up to 5 inches of water in the Quinwood City Hall.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:17 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
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 2, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Pennsylvania, August 2 to 3, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in New York, August 2, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, August 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 2, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 2, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, August 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 2, 2000
- Wildfire in California, August 2 to 9, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 2, 2000
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, August 2000
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: 5171486.