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Heavy Rain — Putnam, West Virginia
July 22, 2013 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Putnam
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 63 year old man drowned, after falling into Bear Branch, a small tributary to Eighteen Mile Creek east of Buffalo. He was removing debris from the stream around a bridge. The creek was swollen from over an inch of rain during the afternoon.
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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.