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West Virginia Flood Stories

2,551 first-hand accounts of flood events in West Virginia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flash Flood

Marion, WV · Jul 29, 2017

Unusually strong upper low for July dropped from the Great Lakes into western PA. A trowal/deformation zone set up over most of the area outside of southeast Ohio, producing torrential rainfall.

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Brooke, WV · Jul 28, 2017

Unusually strong upper low for July dropped from the Great Lakes into western PA. A trowal/deformation zone set up over most of the area outside of southeast Ohio, producing torrential rainfall.

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Raleigh, WV · Jan 23, 2017

A slow moving surface low moved through the southeastern United States and up the East Coast through the Mid Atlantic. This caused steady moderate rain across the Central Appalachians for much of the day on January 23rd.

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Fayette, WV · Jan 23, 2017

A slow moving surface low moved through the southeastern United States and up the East Coast through the Mid Atlantic. This caused steady moderate rain across the Central Appalachians for much of the day on January 23rd.

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Mercer, WV · Apr 24, 2017

Several waves of low pressure moved across the area as an upper level low closed off over the southeastern U.S. The rainfall persisted from late on the 21st through early on the 25th with mainly moderate rates (0.10��� to 0.25��� per hour) as the upper low drifted…

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Marion, WV · Jul 29, 2017

Unusually strong upper low for July dropped from the Great Lakes into western PA. A trowal/deformation zone set up over most of the area outside of southeast Ohio, producing torrential rainfall.

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Tucker, WV · Jul 29, 2017

Unusually strong upper low for July dropped from the Great Lakes into western PA. A trowal/deformation zone set up over most of the area outside of southeast Ohio, producing torrential rainfall.

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Tucker, WV · Jul 29, 2017

Unusually strong upper low for July dropped from the Great Lakes into western PA. A trowal/deformation zone set up over most of the area outside of southeast Ohio, producing torrential rainfall.

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Hampshire, WV · May 18, 2018

Moderate rain over a two day period totaled 1-3 inches, and was enough to produce some flooding during the afternoon of May 16th. Additional heavy rain affected the far eastern West Virginia panhandle during the evening hours of the 16th, producing 3-5 inches of rain and causing…

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Mineral, WV · May 19, 2018

Moderate rain over a two day period totaled 1-3 inches, and was enough to produce some flooding during the afternoon of May 16th. Additional heavy rain affected the far eastern West Virginia panhandle during the evening hours of the 16th, producing 3-5 inches of rain and causing…

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Berkeley, WV · May 19, 2018

Moderate rain over a two day period totaled 1-3 inches, and was enough to produce some flooding during the afternoon of May 16th. Additional heavy rain affected the far eastern West Virginia panhandle during the evening hours of the 16th, producing 3-5 inches of rain and causing…

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Morgan, WV · May 17, 2018

Moderate rain over a two day period totaled 1-3 inches, and was enough to produce some flooding during the afternoon of May 16th. Additional heavy rain affected the far eastern West Virginia panhandle during the evening hours of the 16th, producing 3-5 inches of rain and causing…

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Jefferson, WV · May 18, 2018

Moderate rain over a two day period totaled 1-3 inches, and was enough to produce some flooding during the afternoon of May 16th. Additional heavy rain affected the far eastern West Virginia panhandle during the evening hours of the 16th, producing 3-5 inches of rain and causing…

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Grant, WV · May 16, 2018

Moderate rain over a two day period totaled 1-3 inches, and was enough to produce some flooding during the afternoon of May 16th. Additional heavy rain affected the far eastern West Virginia panhandle during the evening hours of the 16th, producing 3-5 inches of rain and causing…

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Jefferson, WV · May 16, 2018

Moderate rain over a two day period totaled 1-3 inches, and was enough to produce some flooding during the afternoon of May 16th. Additional heavy rain affected the far eastern West Virginia panhandle during the evening hours of the 16th, producing 3-5 inches of rain and causing…

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Jefferson, WV · May 16, 2018

Moderate rain over a two day period totaled 1-3 inches, and was enough to produce some flooding during the afternoon of May 16th. Additional heavy rain affected the far eastern West Virginia panhandle during the evening hours of the 16th, producing 3-5 inches of rain and causing…

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Jefferson, WV · May 18, 2018

Moderate rain over a two day period totaled 1-3 inches, and was enough to produce some flooding during the afternoon of May 16th. Additional heavy rain affected the far eastern West Virginia panhandle during the evening hours of the 16th, producing 3-5 inches of rain and causing…

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Berkeley, WV · May 17, 2018

Moderate rain over a two day period totaled 1-3 inches, and was enough to produce some flooding during the afternoon of May 16th. Additional heavy rain affected the far eastern West Virginia panhandle during the evening hours of the 16th, producing 3-5 inches of rain and causing…

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Berkeley, WV · May 19, 2018

Moderate rain over a two day period totaled 1-3 inches, and was enough to produce some flooding during the afternoon of May 16th. Additional heavy rain affected the far eastern West Virginia panhandle during the evening hours of the 16th, producing 3-5 inches of rain and causing…

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Hampshire, WV · May 17, 2018

Moderate rain over a two day period totaled 1-3 inches, and was enough to produce some flooding during the afternoon of May 16th. Additional heavy rain affected the far eastern West Virginia panhandle during the evening hours of the 16th, producing 3-5 inches of rain and causing…

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Hampshire, WV · May 17, 2018

Moderate rain over a two day period totaled 1-3 inches, and was enough to produce some flooding during the afternoon of May 16th. Additional heavy rain affected the far eastern West Virginia panhandle during the evening hours of the 16th, producing 3-5 inches of rain and causing…

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Flash Flood

Marion, WV · May 14, 2018

A stationary front continued to linger in the vicinity of the Mason-Dixon Line. A marked temperature contrast existed across the front, with values in the 50s over northwestern Pennsylvania and numbers well into the 80s over northern West Virginia.

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Berkeley, WV · Mar 22, 2019

A coastal low formed along the North Carolina coast and tracked northward toward the Delmarva on the 21st. Heavy rainfall spread northward in advance of the low and then wrapped around the backside of the low as it tracked further north.

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Flash Flood

Mercer, WV · May 9, 2009

An area of showers and thunderstorms converged on southeast West Virginia during the evening of the 8th, and lasting through the 9th, along a frontal boundary. Heavier downpours with up to 2 inches of rain in a short amount of time caused flash flooding over portions of the area.

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