As a result of the flooding on the 26th and the 29th, Dickenson and Buchanan Counties were added to the existing FEMA disaster declaration 1386. In Buchanan County, 5 single family homes were destroyed, 30 homes and 2 businesses had major damage.
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The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
As a result of the flooding on the 26th and the 29th, Dickenson and Buchanan Counties were added to the existing FEMA disaster declaration 1386. In Buchanan County, 5 single family homes were destroyed, 30 homes and 2 businesses had major damage. In Dickenson County, 20 homes had major damage. July rain totals in Dickenson County included 13.1 inches at Birch Gap along Pine Mountain, 11 inches at Clincho, 10.9 inches at John Flannagan Lake, 10.3 inches at Flat Spur of Hazel Mountain.
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 29, 9:30 AM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1030 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001 ...FLOODING STILL A POSSIBILITY INTO THIS AFTERNOON... NO CHANGE TO FORECAST. .RLX... WV...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR WVZ005>011...WVZ013>020...WVZ024>040...WVZ046>047. VA...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR VAZ003>004. KY...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR KYZ101>103...KYZ105. OH...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR OHZ066>067...OHZ075>076...OHZ083>087.A .END/JMV
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1112 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
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1045 AM ANAWALT WV FLOODING
07/29/01 MCDOWELL NATIONAL GUARD REPORTS
EVACUATIONS AT ANAWALT.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Evacuations occurred along Garden Creek. Route 460 was closed for a time.
Most rains were 1 to 2 inches, but Flat Spur near Trammel had 3.2 inches in less than 24 hours. Streams flowed across highways.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, July 2001
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: 5262058, 5262059.