Local Climate Data and Plots

Local Weather History For December 21st...

In 1991, heavy rain fell between 4 and 7 pm along the western slopes and into the mountains. An inch to an inch and a half fell in 3 hours or less. Numerous streams and headwater rivers flooded. People were most affected along Kelly Creek near Cedar Grove of Kanawha County, and along the Big Coal River from Whitesville to Seth of Boone County. A 36 year old man drowned when he drove his pickup truck through flooded waters from Williams River near Dyer of Webster County between 8 and 9 pm. Later that same night, near 11:45 pm, a 48 year old miner in Big Grave Creek, east of Moundsville of Marshall County, was killed when he drove his vehicle across a flooded road.

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