Event narrative (NOAA)
A family of 4 crossed a swollen Buffalo Creek. They were driving through the stream bed in their pickup truck. The stream was running well above normal from the overnight rains, but was not in flood. Their pickup truck rolled over several times, while moving about 30 yards down the creek. The mother and the 7 year old son were able to get out, with the aid of a passerby. The father and daughter were not seen. The body of the 6 year old girl was found on the 19th. The father's body was found a month later, about 18 miles down stream, in the Guyandotte River in Logan.
Other notable flood events in West Virginia
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.