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Flash Flood — Nicholas, West Virginia
June 23, 2016 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Widespread flash flooding occurred on small headwater rivers, like the Cherry, plus the small streams and runs throughout the county. Due to the saturated mountain slopes, water cascaded down mountainsides where no stream existed, as was the case in Richwood. Many water rescues took place and much of the town of Richwood was evacuated. The evacuation included a nursing home with 97 patients. One resident of Richwood said, just seems like there was a cloudburst right back on this mountain. It just all came at one time. It was just like a big river coming down through here. In the wake of this flooding, previously abandoned homes on the mountainside were demolished. Severe flooding also occurred in the community of Birch River.||Peters Creek in Lockwood crested near 17 feet around 1845E
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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.