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Flood — Doddridge, WV

Feb 4, 2022

An arctic cold front approached and passed through the area February 3rd into February 4th. Multiple waves of low pressure moved along this front, allowing for a slow moving system which provided plenty of rainfall, heavy at times, to the Ohio Valley and across West Virginia. Widespread precipitation accumulations of 2 to 3 inches fell with this system with isolated amounts of 3 to 3 and a half inches along the Ohio River in northwest West Virginia, which led to numerous flooding issues across t

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 997048). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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