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Flash Flood — Roane, West Virginia
May 22, 2001 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$35K
Area
Roane
Event narrative (NOAA)
Streams overflowed and blocked county roads, plus city streets in Spencer. A 2 year old boy, playing outside at home, fell into swollen Dog Run, near Newton around 1700E. No one saw the boy fall in the stream. The stream was bankfull at the time, with no flooding at that site. The boy's body was found about 2 hours later.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.