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Flash Flood — Cabell, West Virginia
July 14, 2016 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Water rose rapidly on several local streams and creeks resulting in roadway blockages and homes surrounded. The hardest hit area was along Green Valley Road where 50 homes sustained damage from high water. The public witnessed a car drive rapidly into flooded waters along Green Valley Road. After assisting the driver and one passenger out of the vehicle, they called 911. Rescuers were unable to get the second passenger out, before the vehicle floated away. A 56 year old woman drowned in the vehicle.||Additional flooding occurred along Fourpole creek in Huntington from runoff to the south. This creek rose out of its banks and blocked Enslow Blvd, plus several local connecting streets. Water surrounded around a dozen homes along Enslow Blvd and flooded sections of Ritter Park.
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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.