Mar 1, 2017
A strong cold front moved across the West Virginia during the afternoon and evening of March 1. Strong storms had developed near this cold front well to the west the day before, and raced through the middle Ohio River Valley through the morning on the 1st as a severe squall line producing widespread damaging wind gusts. Heavy rainfall from training storms also produced flash flooding across northwestern West Virginia, which combined with the wet ground led to river and stream flooding late on th
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 673885). 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.