Event narrative (NOAA)
Numerous roads were flooded across northern Wood County. Worthington Creek came out of its banks east of Parkersburg closing the intersection of Core Road and 36th Street. Old St. Marys Pike was also closed due to flooding on Worthington Creek. Water from Carpenter Run closed portions of Waverly Road near Waverly. ||About 6 miles northeast of Parkersburg, a vehicle became stranded on Laurel Creek Road while trying to drive through high water from Laurel Creek. The SUV was washed into the creek before first responders arrived. There were two people in the vehicle, a father and daughter. Neither of them were able to escape the flood waters. Their bodies were found many hours later, after the water levels receded.
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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.