West Virginia, 2001

Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 6, 2001

June 6, 2001 · NWS RLX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$20,000
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 Jun 6, 8:55 AM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 8:55 AM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
955 AM EDT WED JUN 6 2001

MORNING UPDATE WILL INCLUDE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF THE CWA
EXCEPT VA ZONES TO BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT. PWS 1.5 TO 1.8
INCHES. FIRST ROUND OF TSTMS THIS AM...THEN A BREAK WITH SECOND
ROUND BY MID AFTN INTO TONIGHT.

RLX...
WV...FFA FOR WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-047 UNTIL 11 PM.
VA...NONE.
KY...FFA FOR KYZ101>103-105 UN<TIL 11 PM.
OH...FFA FOR OHZ066-067-075-076- 083>087 UNTIL 11PM.

.END / ZINN

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Lincoln

When
June 6, 11:15 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where
Lincoln County, Palermo
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
38.175, -82.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Small headwater creeks of the Mud River flooded. County Route 44 was blocked by Parsner Creek.

Flash Flood, Boone

When
June 6, 11:30 AM EST to 1:15 PM EST
Where
Boone County, 2 mi W of Danville
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
38.023, -81.711 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A west to east corridor of 1.5 to 2 inches of rain fell in an hour or less time, causing Lick Creek to flood near Danville. Further east, Seng Creek flooded County Route 24 near Whitesville.

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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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: 5251816, 5251817.