Virginia, 2001Flash Flooding in Virginia, July 26 to 27, 2001
July 26 to 27, 2001 · NWS RLX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $900,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 26, 8:11 PM EST, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 8:11 PM EST, 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
911 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2001
PLAN ON CANCELLING FFA WITH THIS ZFP ISSUANCE...IN AROUND A HALF
HOUR OR SO.
FRONT MAKING FAIRLY DECENT SOUTHWARD PROGRESS THIS EVENING AND WILL
CLEAR CWA A BIT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. AFTER LAST BATCH EXITS SW VA
COUNTIES...SEE LITTLE NEED FOR OVERNIGHT POPS...WILL GO AHEAD AND
REMOVE THEM. MAY TINKER WITH TEMPS A BIT BUT NO BIG CHANGES THERE.
THE GOOD NEWS...ONE DRY DAY AHEAD FOR FRIDAY. THE BAD NEWS...THIS
RAIN MAY HAVE SET US UP FOR THE NORTHWARD RETURN OF THE FRONT DURING
THE WEEKEND.
.RLX...
WV...NONE.
VA...NONE.
KY...NONE.
OH...NONE.
.END/CL
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 26, 4:39 PM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
539 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0130 PM BECKLEY WV FLASH FLOODS
07/26/01 RALEIGH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROADS
AND SOME HOMES FLOODED
ESPECIALLY AROUND THE
BECKLEY AREA.REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS
0245 PM OAK HILL WV FLASH FLOODS
07/26/01 FAYETTE FLOODING OF ROADS AND
HOMES ESPECIALLY FROM OAK
HILL SOUTH. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0315 PM HURRICANE WV FLASH FLOODS
07/26/01 PUTNAM FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 60 IN
HURRICANE. 6 TO 8 HOUSES
FLOODED...ONE CAR TRAPPED
IN SYCAMORE CREEK. REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0600 PM SUMMERSVILLE WV FLASH FLOODS
07/26/01 NICHOLAS FLOODING OF ROADS AND
SEVERAL HOMES MAINLY FROM
SUMMERSVILLE
WESTWARD.REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENTLocal storm report, Jul 26, 6:38 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
738 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM GLEN JEAN WV FLASH FLOODS
07/26/01 FAYETTE EVACUATIONS IN GLEN
JEAN...MT HOPE...AND BELL
CREEK. EXTENSIVE ROAD
PROBLEMS NEAR NICHOLAS
COUNTY LINE. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT
0720 PM ROCK CREEK WV FLAS[H FLOODS
07/26/01 RALEIGH ROUTE 3 NEAR ROCK CREEK
CLOSED. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENTFlash Flood, Buchanan
- When
- July 26, 9:00 PM EST to July 27, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Buchanan County, Grundy
- Property damage
- $600,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.267, -82.036 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Localized downpours occurred just south of Grundy. Private bridges were washed away. Grundy airport measured 3.8 inches, Vansant had 5.9 inches in about a 12 hour period. The sheriff reported Garden Creek, Dry Fork, and Greenbrier Creek were some of the streams that flooded.
Flash Flood, Dickenson
- When
- July 26, 9:30 PM EST to July 27, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Dickenson County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $300,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.126, -82.350 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rains of 2.5 to 4 inches were common in 12 hours, with isolated amounts of 4 to 6 inches. The cooperative observer at John Flannagan Lake measured 4 inches. Birch Gap, along the Kentucky border, measured 5.9 inches, Clincho 5.1 inches, and Nealy Ridge 4.8 inches. Clintwood had 2.9 inches of rain. The sheriff reported flooding along Route 80, plus around Haysi.
- 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.
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 26, 20011 death · 3 injured · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 26, 2001$2.4 million · 4 events
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, July 26 to 27, 2001$210,000 · 4 events
- Flood in North Dakota, July 26, 2001$200,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 26, 2001$100,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 26 to 27, 2001$100,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 26, 2001$50,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 26 to 27, 2001$39,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, July 26, 20012.75 in hail · 21 events
- Flash Flood in Illinois, July 26, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
- Flood in Kentucky, July 26, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 26, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
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: 5261872, 5261871.