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Eventdex · Heavy Rain

KANAWHA

511960 · 38.356, -81.657

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Event typeevent_typeHeavy Rain
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id511,960
Episode IDepisode_id84,710
Begin UTCbegin_utc2014-06-13T18:00:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2014-06-13T23:00:00+00:00
StatestateWEST VIRGINIA
County/zone typecz_typeC
County/zone namecz_nameKANAWHA
Latitudelat38.356
Longitudelon-81.657
End latitudeend_lat38.363
End longitudeend_lon-81.569
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property5.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceSocial Media
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeAhead of a slow moving mid level trough in the Missouri, warm and humid air returned to northeast Kentucky on the 10th. Sunshine helped temperatures reach into the mid 80s during the afternoon. An arch of thunderstorms moved northeast out of Tennessee during the late afternoon, through eastern Kentucky and into West Virginia near sunset. A well defined shelf cloud was observed on the leading edge of the squall line. Wind gusts of 45 to 50 mph were widespread. For example, the Tri State Airport near Huntington had a gust to 51 mph at 1909E, a spotter near Leon had a 45 mph gust around 1955E, and Charleston had a 46 mph gust near 2030E. A few spots received slightly stronger wind gusts. Electrical power outages occurred. Cabell County and the Huntington vicinity had about 16,000 customers without electricity. ||After an overnight and morning lull, more rounds of convection developed during midday on the 11th in southwest Virginia and southern West Virginia. Those showers and thunderstorms moved northeast through portions of West Virginia during the afternoon.||Additional clusters of showers and thunderstorms moved northeast through West Virginia during the overnight hours of the 11th into the 12th. Some of these showers were elongated along their movement. Local rains of 1.5 to 2 inches over wet terrain managed to caused minor flash flooding.||The final round of showers and thunderstorms came during the afternoon and early evening of the 13th, as the surface cold front was moving through. Some minor urban and poor drainage flooding occurred.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeOne prefrontal round of showers and storms hit around 1300E, followed by a local downpour around 1600E. The airport measured around .9 inches of rain in about 40 minutes. Rain of 1 to 1.5 inches likely fell in about an hour over wet terrain between downtown and the airport. ||Standing water collected along streets, underpasses, and other poor drainage areas around Charleston. This included Interstate 64 near Fort Hill and Route 114 toward Capital High School. Underground culverts along Wertz Ave overflowed onto the street, causing some debris in yards. The professional baseball park had standing water collect throughout the outfield.
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