Heavy Rain in West Virginia, June 6, 2013

Name: Heavy Rain in West Virginia, June 6, 2013
Start: 2013-06-06T16:40
End: 2013-06-06T16:40
Location: West Virginia

June 6, 2013 · NWS RLX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

In an environment loaded with moisture, short lines and clusters of thunderstorms formed during the late afternoon. One heavier cell passed across the Interstate 64 bridge over the Kanawha River near Nitro around 1630E.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 9
Property damage: $200,000
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 RLX wrote it up.

In an environment loaded with moisture, short lines and clusters of thunderstorms formed during the late afternoon.

One heavier cell passed across the Interstate 64 bridge over the Kanawha River near Nitro around 1630E.

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 5, 6:49 PM EST, 21 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 6:49 PM EST, 21 hours 51 minutes before

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Putnam

When: June 6, 4:40 PM EST
Where: Putnam County, 1.13 mi NNE of Scary
Injuries: 9 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $200,000
Reported by: Newspaper
Coordinates: 38.445, -81.843

Shortly after a local downpour, 38 vehicles were involved in a chain reaction accident on the east bound lanes of the Interstate 64 Nitro Bridge over the Kanawha River. Witnesses said there was standing water on the bridge. There were about 7 or 8 vehicles in the middle of the pile-up that were not damaged. Luckily, there were no fatalities. However, 9 people were taken to the hospital, 2 in serious condition. The interstate was shut down until around 2100E.

What these are

Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in West Virginia in 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history Warnings in West Virginia, June 2013

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 444675.