Jun 21, 2021
Thunderstorms flourished across West Virginia on the afternoon and evening of June 21st as a cold front glided through the region. Many of these storms became severe and caused damaging winds to knock down trees ahead of the front's passage. Early in the afternoon, a Mesonet station in Ritchie County measured a 52 mile per hour wind gust as the first round of thunderstorms propagated eastward. Later that evening, a second burst of storms arrived, with a 48 mile per hour wind gust being measured
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 962534). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Wood County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.