Nov 22, 2011
The ground was wetter than normal from around an inch of rain that occurred on the 15th into the 16th. Periods of rain started to fall again on Sunday the 20th. A front then sank south on Monday the 21st and became nearly stationary just south of Huntington and Charleston. Rain fell heaviest just north of that boundary late Monday afternoon into the early evening across central West Virginia. From near Jackson County on east to southern Upshur County about a half inch to three quarters of an
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 349679). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Wirt County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.