Aug 13, 2013
South of a cold front, mid level support and upper level jet dynamics helped form and enhance showers and thunderstorms in eastern Ohio during the late evening on the 12th. These clusters trained east into north central West Virginia near the Route 50 corridor. In this maximum rainfall band, amounts were on the order of 2 to 4 inches from about 0000E to 0400E on the 13th. Similar to Ohio, the greatest observed rainfall in West Virginia also occurred along the Ohio River. A spotter in Williams
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 460512). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Taylor County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.