Jul 30, 2025
The final few days of July featured a cold front slowly approaching West Virginia and stalling overhead. While much of the area remained dry on July 30th, showers and thunderstorms formed along the mountains and made little progress during the afternoon. Scattered activity spread farther west into the lowlands during the evening and then fizzled out overnight. The next round of showers and storms developed along the Ohio River on the afternoon of the 31st and then spread east as the front trekke
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1269586). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Randolph County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.