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Flash Flood — Wayne, West Virginia
April 3, 2015 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Numerous streams overflowed and blocked roads. Examples were Newcomb Creek and Lynn Creek near East Lynn, Lick and Cove Creeks near Kiahsville, plus Mill Creek near Saltpetre. Some homes near Kiahsville were impacted. A few homes along Mill Creek were flooded. Small private bridges were washed out. Road culverts were damaged. A couple of vehicles were found in Mill Creek. ||A 62 year old woman tried to walk out of Rowe Hollow in the Amilda vicinity. She was going to attend a Good Friday evening service at the neighborhood church around 1800E on the 3rd. The unnamed run, that flows out of the hollow and into the East Fork of Twelvepole Creek, was flowing across the dead end gravel road. Its assigned route number is 701/38. The water was about knee deep. Neighbors were shocked to see
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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.