Rain overspread the area on the afternoon and evening of January 9th ahead of an encroaching cold front. This feature coupled with melting snow from a storm days prior led to localized flooding issues in Wayne and Pocahontas Counties.
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The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
Rain overspread the area on the afternoon and evening of January 9th ahead of an encroaching cold front. This feature coupled with melting snow from a storm days prior led to localized flooding issues in Wayne and Pocahontas Counties.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
High water was observed along US-152 in Dunlow.
Dry Branch Road was washed out a few miles southwest of Snowshoe.
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