Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 1, 2002

Name: Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 1, 2002
Start: 2002-06-01T14:05
End: 2002-06-01T16:30
Location: West Virginia

June 1, 2002 · NWS RLX · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

2 flash flood, 1 hail, 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: $10,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 1, 9:19 AM EST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 9:19 AM EST, 4 hours 46 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1020 AM EDT SAT JUNE 1 2002

NOT TOO MANY CHANGES ANTICIPATED FOR THE MORNING UPDATE.  WILL
SWITCH TO AFTERNOON WORDING...WITH THE WORDING OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN ZONE GROUPING.  WILL ALSO INCREASE POP IN
THIS AREA SINCE PRECIP IS JUST ON THE DOORSTEP.

.RLX...
WV...NONE.
VA...NONE.
KY...NONE.
OH...NONE.

.END/ KS

The radar

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Event by event

2 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Mingo

When: June 1, 2:05 PM EST
Where: Mingo County, Williamson
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.683, -82.283

Flash Flood, Mingo

When: June 1, 3:00 PM EST to 4:30 PM EST
Where: Mingo County, 2 mi E of Williamson
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Coordinates: 37.726, -82.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Yards and roads flooded along Rockhouse Fork and Lick Creek. Homes were not flooded. Rains of 1.5 to 2 inches fell over saturated slopes.

Flash Flood, McDowell

When: June 1, 3:00 PM EST to 4:30 PM EST
Where: McDowell County, Roderfield
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.379, -81.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Homes were not affected, but streams overflowed into yards and across roads. The flooding was compounded by debris, still in the streams from the severe flooding in May.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

Every storm in West Virginia in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in West Virginia, June 2002

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: 5301473, 5301474, 5301475.