Apr 19, 2011
On Tuesday the 19th, a strong east to west front stretched from north central West Virginia on across extreme southern Ohio near the Ohio River.||Rounds of showers and thunderstorms moved into southeast Ohio around 0200E, reaching into the northern half of West Virginia by dawn on the 19th. The rain was its heaviest during the mid morning into the early afternoon. The rain diminished by mid and late afternoon, as the front lifted north. By mid afternoon, rain amounts of 1.5 to 2.0 inches were
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 288785). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Barbour County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.