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Flash Flood — Wirt, WV

Feb 16, 2025

Light precipitation started to arrive on the evening of February 14th due to an approaching low pressure system, with more substantial rain spreading across the area overnight into the 15th as a warm front approached from the south. This promoted a brief instance of thunderstorms on the morning of February 15th, with damaging winds knocking down trees and power lines to parts of the state. While shower coverage diminished from southeast Ohio and northwest West Virginia during the afternoon, mode

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1235543). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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