Jul 19, 2013
In the humidity of a waning heat wave, clusters of showers and thunderstorms starting forming by midday in West Virginia on the 19th.||Their outflow boundaries, along with differential heating and a mid level disturbance, helped develop other areas of showers and thunderstorm into the evening.||Downpours and frequent lightning were common.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 454282). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Mason County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.