Flash Flood in LOGAN, WEST VIRGINIA
From 16-JUN-03 16:50:00 to 16-JUN-03 18:00:00 (EST)
Location: WEST PORTION
Property damage: 4M
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Localized downpours caused severe flash flooding from Hoover Branch of Big Harts Creek on northeast, through the Chapmanville vicinity.  The Big Creek drainage, including North Fork, Garrett Fork, and Rocklick Branch, were flooded.  Godby Branch also flooded.  American Red Cross surveyed 12 single family dwellings and 4 mobile homes destroyed.  Major damage occurred to 34 single family homes.  In addition, 16 mobile homes had major damage.  Some residents along Garrett Fork, sat on their roofs awaiting rescue.  In the June flash flooding, damage to private homes in Logan County was second, only to Kanawha County.

Flash Flood in WAYNE, WEST VIRGINIA
From 16-JUN-03 17:15:00 to 16-JUN-03 18:45:00 (EST)
Location: DUNLOW
Property damage: 350K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Twelvepole Creek flooded.  Route 52 was damaged.  About a dozen homes had major damage.

Flash Flood in MASON, WEST VIRGINIA
From 16-JUN-03 17:30:00 to 16-JUN-03 19:00:00 (EST)
Location: SOUTHSIDE
Property damage: 100K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Southside measured 3.4 inches of rain.  Evacuations were required in a mobile home park.

Flash Flood in CABELL, WEST VIRGINIA
From 16-JUN-03 18:20:00 to 16-JUN-03 19:30:00 (EST)
Location: DUDLEY GAP
Property damage: 50K
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA

Private bridges and a church were flooded along small creeks, such as Jenkins Branch.

Flash Flood in PUTNAM, WEST VIRGINIA
From 16-JUN-03 18:00:00 to 16-JUN-03 19:30:00 (EST)
Location: ROBERTSBURG
Property damage: 15K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Localized downpours of 2 to 3 inches fell in an hour.  Roads were flooded by the small creeks feeding into Eighteenmile Creek from the Mason County line.

Flash Flood in BOONE, WEST VIRGINIA
From 16-JUN-03 16:45:00 to 16-JUN-03 21:00:00 (EST)
Location: SOUTH PORTION
Property damage: 3M
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

The Pond Fork drainage from Wharton thru Bob White, Van, and Quinland, on toward Madison was hit hard.  Route 85 was flooded and damaged.  American Red Cross surveyed 46 mobile homes destroyed and 8 single family dwellings destroyed.  State officials surveyed 10 to 15 businesses damaged.

Flash Flood in MINGO, WEST VIRGINIA
From 16-JUN-03 16:45:00 to 16-JUN-03 18:00:00 (EST)
Location: BREEDEN
Property damage: 500K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

The headwaters of Twelvepole Creek flooded.  Downpours, containing 3 to 3.5 inches of rain in less than 90 minutes, skirted northern Mingo County before moving toward western Logan County.  Evacuations took place along McCloud Branch.  The American Red Cross surveyed 4 single family dwellings and 3 mobile homes destroyed.

Flash Flood in KANAWHA, WEST VIRGINIA
From 16-JUN-03 03:45:00 to 16-JUN-03 11:00:00 (EST)
Location: POCATALICO
Property damage: 7M
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

The initial flooding began along Grapevine Creek and Legg Fork in the Sissonville and Pocatalico region, but shifted southeast after dawn.  The flooding became more severe after 0730E in the area from Charleston northeast toward Rutledge and Pinch.  The axis of the heaviest rain was slightly east of the flash flood on the 11th.  However, both flood events hit the Pinch vicinity hard.  The airport was on the western edge of the heavy rain this Monday morning, measuring 1.9 inches between 0600-1000E.  Amounts of 2.5 to 3.5 inches likely fell just to the east and northeast of the airport, with isolated amounts of 3.5 to 4 inches possible in those 4 hours.  A National Weather Service employee measured 3 inches of rain on Valley Grove Branch near Rutledge.Severe flash flooding hit Elk Two Mile, mainly downstream of its junction with Valley Grove Branch at Rutledge.  This severe flash flooding also included the Baker Fork tributary.  Other hard hit streams included Mill Creek, Indian Creek, Pinch Creek, and Blue Creek.   Businesses, plus the Kanawha County Animal Shelter, and a state and federal office building were flooded along Route 114.  Some buildings had 4 feet of water inside.  Employees of the Federal Express office sought refuge, from the rising water, on their flat rooftop.  Passengers arriving at Yeager Airport could not leave the hilltop.  Meanwhile, no one could get to the airport to catch departing planes.An American Red Cross survey, including the events on the 11th and 16th, had 46 homes destroyed, over 150 homes with major damage.  Around 50 apartment units were also destroyed or heavily damaged.  Many vehicles were flooded, some washed into the stream bed.  The 2 flash floods on the 11 and 16th, contributed greatly to Charleston's monthly rain amount of 9.9 inches.  It was the second wettest June on record at Charleston.

Flash Flood in NICHOLAS, WEST VIRGINIA
From 16-JUN-03 08:30:00 to 16-JUN-03 10:30:00 (EST)
Location: DRENNEN
Property damage: 200K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Peters Creek and small tributaries such as Jones Branch flooded.  Rain amounts of 2 to 3 inches likely fell.  Two homes sustained major damage.