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FloodRaleigh, West Virginia

March 13, 2010 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$4.0M
Area
Raleigh

Event narrative (NOAA)

Major stream flooding along such streams as Piney, Beaver, Little Beaver, Little Whitestick, and the headwaters of Dunloup Creek, including Maple Fork. Damage was less along the Marsh Fork and Clear Fork drainage in the western portion of the county. ||A 59 year old female turnpike worker was returning home from the evening shift. She left her vehicle parked and attempted to walk through the flood waters of Maple Fork west of Bradley. She was swept away and drowned.||The majority of the property damage in Raleigh County was along the urbanized Beaver Creek, Little Beaver Creek, and Piney Creek. This would be in the vicinity of the communities of Beaver and Glen Morgan. A stream gauge was located along Piney Creek upstream from the mouth of Beaver Creek. The water level at this gauge r

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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.

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