May 17, 2025
A warm front lifted north through West Virginia on May 15th, followed by a cold front approaching from the west and stalling across central Ohio on the 16th. A low pressure system began to pivot northeast out of the Great Lakes region and eventually pushed the cold front eastward across the area on the 17th.||Severe thunderstorms that developed during the afternoon and evening of the 16th produced locally damaging wind gusts that downed trees and caused power outages across portions of West Virg
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1252235). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in McDowell County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.