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Flash Flood — Ritchie, WV

Jun 15, 2025

The middle of the month proved to be active across the state of West Virginia in response to a stalled frontal boundary across Ohio, southern Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia while an upper level disturbance pivoted overhead. Showers and storms began to develop in the moist and unstable environment by the night of June 13th. A lull in precipitation occurred the morning of the 14th, then activity redeveloped and persisted through the next couple of days as the front meandered across the m

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1265573). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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