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Flash Flood — Mcdowell, West Virginia
July 29, 2001 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
An unsupervised 3 year old boy ended up in the swollen Jenny Branch. Jenny Branch is a small stream across from his home. The location was on the lower reaches of County Route 7/4 near Davy. The tragedy occurred around 0930-1000E. His body was found in the Tug Fork. Huff Creek in Cyclone washed out private bridges. Flooding occurred along Elkhorn Creek again, but minor, compared to the 8th. Homes in Maitland were surrounded by water from the Tug Fork. Mobile homes were flooded in Anawalt.
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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.