Feb 10, 2018
A frontal system was draped across the central Appalachians on the 10th and 11th. As waves moved along the front, periods of heavy rainfall moved across southern West Virginia. Rainfall started during the morning of the 10th, with the heaviest rain from late afternoon overnight into the 11th. The most rain fell across portions of Mingo, McDowell, Wyoming, Logan and Raleigh Counties, where 2-3 inches of rain fell with many roads closed due to flooding. The cooperative observer at Oceana in Wyomin
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 730434). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Wyoming County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.