Sep 29, 2024
The end of September featured a strong Category 4 Hurricane Helene, which made landfall in the Florida Big Bend region on September 26th. After sailing through the Mississippi Valley, Helene quickly deviated its track to the west-northwest as it began to pivot around an increasingly cut off upper level low disturbance positioned over Kentucky, and became post-tropical in the process. This brought forth the start of impacts to West Virginia on the 27th, especially across west-central parts of the
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1217191). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Jackson County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.