Jun 28, 1998
Three consecutive nights of thunderstorms left western and northern counties with wind damage and flooding. The first night was from Friday evening, the 26th, into early Saturday morning, the 27th. The convection on the second and third nights was further south than the first night, hitting the Parkersburg to Charleston corridor the hardest. Total rains were 6 to 10 inches across portions of Wood, Jackson, and northern Kanawha Counties, with 5 inches further northeast, into the Middle Island
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5659874). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Tyler County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.