Sudden flash flood wave fills a creek bank-to-bank in seconds - multiple camera angles

http://stormhighway.com/floodwaves.shtml This video shows why they're called "flash" floods! A strong flash flood wave caused by a stationary thunderstorm in the West Virginia mountains rushes down Mill Creek at Green Sulphur Springs, WV on August 6, 2005, filling the streambed bank-to-bank in a few seconds. I had anticipated a slow rise in the water from the storm upstream, and set up two tripoded cameras in the creek bed to do a time-lapse. However, no time lapse was needed! I had to rush to get my cameras to higher ground. The last two clips show the wave arriving much farther downstream, by which time it had weakened considerably due to the wider streambed (thanks to several mergers with tributaries).

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Copyright Dan Robinson.

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